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fine-tune
(redirected from fine-tunes)

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fine-tune (fntn, -tyn)
tr.v. fine-tuned, fine-tun·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
vb
(tr) to make fine adjustments to (something) in order to obtain optimum performance
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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-tune - adjust finelyfine-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"
Translations
fine-tune [ˌfaɪnˈtjuːn] VT
1. [+ engine] → poner a punto
2. (fig) [+ plans, strategy] → afinar, matizar; [+ economy] → ajustar; [+ text] → dar los Ășltimos retoques a


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