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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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``This new arrangement further fine-tunes our label strategy, and creates a clear path for targeted development for the Paramount slate,'' Grey said in a statement.
Only minor adjustments are expected to carryover for corn, beans and wheat as USDA fine-tunes usage estimates.
An infinite wire feed speed control fine-tunes the arc and automatically increases or decreases the wire feed speed with the change in the voltage setting.
 
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