fine-tune

verb

fine-tuned; fine-tuning; fine-tunes

transitive verb

1
a
: to adjust precisely so as to bring to the highest level of performance or effectiveness
fine-tune a TV set
fine-tune the format
b
: to improve through minor alteration or revision
fine-tune the temperature of the room
2
: to stabilize (an economy) by small-scale fiscal and monetary manipulations

Examples of fine-tune in a Sentence

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Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of fine-tune was in 1959

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“Fine-tune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fine-tune. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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