attune

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UK/əˈtjuːn/UK/əˈt͜ʃuːn/US/əˈt(j)un/

verb

To bring into musical accord.

“By meditating, I try to attune myself to the greater cosmos.”

OriginEnglish tune ← Latin ad- ← Proto-Italic *ad- →
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Meanings

verbattune (third-person singular simple present attunes, present participle attuning, simple past and past participle attuned)

present singular third person attunes · participle present attuning · participle past attuned · past attuned

  1. transitiveentertainmentTo bring into musical accord.
  2. transitiveentertainmentTo tune (an instrument).
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo bring into harmony or accord.

    By meditating, I try to attune myself to the greater cosmos.

  4. poetictransitiveTo fill with music.

    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, […]

    c. 1771, James Beattie, Life and Immortality

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Englishad-
  6. Englishtune
  7. Englishattune

From ad- + tune.

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Translations

Bulgarian хармонизирам, настройвам
  • хармонизирам (harmoniziram)to bring into musical accord
  • настройвам (nastrojvam)to tune an instrument
Czech sladit, naladit
  • sladitto bring into musical accord
  • naladitto tune an instrument
  • sladitto bring into harmony or accord
Dutch stemmen
  • stemmento tune an instrument
Finnish virittää, sopeuttaa
  • virittääto tune an instrument
  • sopeuttaato bring into harmony or accord
French accorder, accorder
  • accorderto bring into musical accord
  • accorderto tune an instrument
  • accorderto bring into harmony or accord
Spanish armonizar, afinar
  • armonizarto bring into musical accord
  • afinarto tune an instrument
  • adecuarto bring into harmony or accord
  • adaptarto bring into harmony or accord

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with attune

junesoonmooncartoonafternoontunenoontribuneimmuneballoonCameroonspoonsaloonlagoontoontycoondunenuntyphoonboonmonsoonplatooncocoonrune
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Anagrams

TenutaUNTAETtautennutate
Cite this entry
APA

attune. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attune

MLA

“attune.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attune. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attune,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attune.

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