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fine tune
Overview of verb fine-tune
The verb fine-tune has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. polish, refine, fine-tune, down -- (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing")
2. fine-tune, tweak -- (adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine")
3. calibrate, graduate, fine-tune -- (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder")
Antonyms of verb fine-tune
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fine-tune
3 senses of fine-tune
Sense 1
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
fine-tune, tweak
=> tune, tune up
=> adjust, set, correct
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fine-tune
1 of 3 senses of fine-tune
Sense 1
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> overrefine, over-refine
=> educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fine-tune
3 senses of fine-tune
Sense 1
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sense 2
fine-tune, tweak
=> tune, tune up
Sense 3
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
=> adjust, set, correct
'Cause To' of verb fine-tune
Derived Forms of verb fine-tune
Domain of verb fine-tune
Domain Terms of verb fine-tune
Familiarity of verb fine-tune
fine-tune used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb fine-tune
3 senses of fine-tune
Sense 1
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
fine-tune, tweak
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fine-tune
3 senses of fine-tune
Sense 1
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
=> help, aid
=> regenerate, revitalize
=> enrich
=> build up, develop
=> turn around
=> help
=> upgrade
=> condition
=> emend
=> iron out, straighten out, put right
=> enhance
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
=> reform
=> reform
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> build
=> perfect, hone
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
=> fructify
=> raise, lift
=> advance
=> upgrade
=> educate
Sense 2
fine-tune, tweak
> tune, tune up
=> fine-tune, tweak
=> service
=> tune in
Sense 3
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
> adjust, set, correct
=> proportion
=> modulate
=> temper
=> tune, tune up
=> calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
=> tune, tune up
=> time
=> trim
=> zero, zero in
=> zero
=> readjust, reset
=> attune
=> time
=> set
=> regulate, modulate
=> focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen
=> synchronize, synchronise, sync
=> pressurize, pressurise
=> depressurize, depressurise, decompress
=> match, fit
=> plumb
=> align, ordinate, coordinate
=> harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
=> linearize, linearise
=> justify
=> citify
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fine-tune
Sense 1
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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Sense 2
fine-tune, tweak
=> tune, tune up
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Sense 3
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
=> adjust, set, correct
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Grep of verb fine-tune
fine-tune
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