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to attune

to attune

14 6.4
Make someone able to notice and respond to something
  • verb
  • /əˈtun/
translation icon : sintonizar con
  • The vast majority of the public are not attuned to the history of architecture, its terms, and traditions.
  • culturally attuned
  • finely attuned
  • well attuned

Our consciousness is, is, is attuning to a new, a new era, right?

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Examples

  • Before the performance, the conductor worked hard to attune the orchestra to the new piece.

  • They were just attuned to each other.

    Counting (2015)

  • And for you to try on that decision and actually attune it to what feels right for you.

  • So the brain will attune to the to the technologies that we will have and will be shaped by it.

    Lex Fridman

  • If you can't attune, we'll figure out a Plan B.

    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

  • Never before had so many people been attuned to one event at one time.

    First Man (2018)

  • Specifically, genre studies can attune teachers and students to core concerns of audience, purpose, task, and disciplinary thought.

    Academic text (2013)

  • My heart is not attuned to the merriment of children.

    Puppet Master II (1990)

  • Yet boarding schools are furthest removed and often least attuned to this constituency.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Disability may have attuned this person to the suffering of others, fostering a deep compassion.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

to attune (skills)
vsto attune
6.5

To change your skills so they fit a job or task

is broader and prepares someone or something to respond or be in harmony

Antonyms

to alienate
123 6.7

To make someone feel alone and lose support from others

to disunite
1 7.0

To cause people or groups to separate

Phrasal Verbs

to attune to
6 6.5

Become used to a new situation so you feel comfortable with it

to attune (skills)
6.5

To change your skills so they fit a job or task

How Aligned

to synchronize
  • US
49 4.7
to harmonize
  • US
10 4.1
to attune
14 6.4
to adjust
317 2.7

Surface Forms

attune infinitive
attuned past
attuned past participle
attuning present participle
attunes third person singular

Morphology

attune = tune (transparent) = at + tune

The verb is derived from 'tune' with a causative/ directional prefix 'at-', so learners who know 'tune' can infer 'attune' as 'make or bring into tune' including extended senses like 'adjust to'.

Etymology

The word attune comes from putting at-, a short part meaning 'to', before tune, which is about musical notes and sounds. So to attune something is to make it 'in harmony' or to adjust it to fit, for example when you match sounds, feelings, or life in a new place.