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fine-tune
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fine-tune (fntn, -tyn)
tr.v. fine-tuned, fine-tunĀ·ing, fine-tunes
To make small adjustments in for optimal performance or effectiveness: "Advertising agencies kept fine-tuning the coolly calculated machinery of merchandising and hype" New Yorker.

fine-tune
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[-tuning, -tuned] to make fine adjustments to (something) so that it works really well
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Verb1.fine-tune - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
over-refine, overrefine - refine too much or with excess of subtlety; "He is overrefining this matter"
civilise, civilize, school, cultivate, educate, train - teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
2.fine-tunefine-tune - adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine"
tune, tune up - adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
3.fine-tune - make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"
adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

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The conclusions drawn point to the need for a new, more fine-tuned understanding of how the processes of aging and bereavement are interconnected, and can be integrated to provide an improved strategy that takes individual differences into account.
USDA fine-tuned the 2006 cotton crop estimate by making revisions to production totals in several key states.
Both newcomers and experienced drama writers will benefit from instruction on how a classic script is created, episodes fine-tuned, and outline forms and their alternates used.
 
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