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verb at·tune \É™-ˈtün, -ˈtyün\

: to cause (a person, company, etc.) to have a better understanding of what is needed or wanted by a particular person or group

Full Definition of ATTUNE

transitive verb

1

:  to bring into harmony :  tune

2

:  to make aware or responsive <attune businesses to changing trends>

— at·tune·ment \-mÉ™nt\ noun

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Examples of ATTUNE

1. <after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture>

First Known Use of ATTUNE

1596

Related to ATTUNE

Synonyms

accommodate, harmonize, conciliate, conform, coordinate, key, reconcile

Antonyms

disharmonize

Related Words

adapt, tune; blend, combine, connect, correlate, dovetail, fit, fuse, integrate, join, match, merge, orchestrate, pair, square, suit, synchronize, synthesize, unify, unite; align (also aline), arrange, array, balance, equalize, even, order, proportion, regularize, standardize

Near Antonyms

confuse, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, skew, upset; alienate, estrange

Rhymes with ATTUNE

aswoon, baboon, balloon, bassoon, blue moon, buffoon, Calhoun, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, cocoon, commune, doubloon, dragoon, festoon, fine-tune, forenoon, full moon, gaboon, gadroon, galloon, Gudrun, half-moon, harpoon, high noon, immune, impugn, jargoon, jejune, Kowloon, Kunlun, lagoon, lampoon, lardoon, Maine coon, maroon, monsoon, Neptune, new moon, oppugn, Pashtun, patroon, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, premune, puccoon, quadroon, ratoon, repugn, rough-hewn, saloon, Sassoon, shalloon, soupspoon, spittoon, spontoon, teaspoon, tribune, triune, tuchun, tycoon, typhoon, untune, Walloon