attune
English
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edit- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈtjuːn/, /əˈt͜ʃuːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /əˈt(j)un/
- Rhymes: -uːn
Verb
editattune (third-person singular simple present attunes, present participle attuning, simple past and past participle attuned)
- (music, transitive) To bring into musical accord.
- (music, transitive) To tune (an instrument).
- (transitive, figurative) To bring into harmony or accord.
- By meditating, I try to attune myself to the greater cosmos.
- (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, […]
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editto bring into musical accord
to tune an instrument
to bring into harmony or accord
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