attune

English

Etymology

ad- +‎ tune

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈtjuːn/, /əˈt͜ʃuːn/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈt(j)un/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Verb

attune (third-person singular simple present attunes, present participle attuning, simple past and past participle attuned)

1. (music, transitive) To bring into musical accord.
2. (music, transitive) To tune (an instrument).
3. (transitive, figurative) To bring into harmony or accord.

   By meditating, I try to attune myself to the greater cosmos.

4. (transitive, poetic) To fill with music.
   • c. 1771, James Beattie, Life and Immortality:

     Is yonder wave the sun's eternal bed? / Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn, / And spring shall soon her vital influence shed, / Again attune the grove, […]

Derived terms

• attunable
• attunement
• attuner
• misattune
• reattune

 

Translations

to bring into musical accord

• Bulgarian: хармонизирам (harmoniziram)
• Czech: sladit (cs) pf
• French: accorder (fr)
• Occitan: accordar, armonizar

to tune an instrument

• Bulgarian: настройвам (bg) (nastrojvam)
• Czech: naladit pf
• Dutch: stemmen (nl)
• Finnish: virittää (fi)
• French: accorder (fr)
• Occitan: accordar

to bring into harmony or accord

• Czech: sladit (cs) pf
• Finnish: sopeuttaa (fi)
• French: accorder (fr)
• Occitan: accordar, armonizar, armonizar
• Spanish: adecuar (es), adaptar (es)

Anagrams

• UNTAET, nutate, tauten