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fine-tune
/
ˈfaɪnˈtun, -ˈtyun
/
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[
fahyn
-
toon
, -
tyoon
]
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verb (used with object),
fine-tuned,
fine-tun·ing.
1.
to
tune
(a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a
control
knob or bar.
2.
tune
(
def 12
)
.
3.
to make minor adjustments in so as to produce stability, improvement, or the precise results desired:
to fine-tune the nation's economy.
Origin:
1920–25
Related forms
fine-tun·er,
noun
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fine-tune
—
vb
(
tr
) to make fine adjustments to (something) in order to obtain optimum performance
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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"The intelligent have a right over the ignorant, namely, the right of instructing them. The right punishment of one out of tune, is to make him play in tune; the fine which the good, refusing to govern, ought to pay, is, to be governed by a worse man; that his guards shall not handle gold and silver, but shall be instructed that there is gold and silver in their souls, which will make men willing to give them every thing which they need."
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