fine-tune

verb

ˈfīn-ˈtün 

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Going into Year 3 for the Texas A&M product, his position coach said this year is about fine-tuning a little bit of everything. —David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025

Since the resumption of training in July, Arteta has begun implementing this change, fine-tuning his team ahead of the new season. —James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025

Even the original one-month extension would have been too little time to arrange for, and fine-tune, other instruments to match the previous data for scientific continuity, Cortinas said. —Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 31 July 2025

Four new buttons in the corners allow you to fine-tune your exercise experience. —Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 31 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for fine-tune

• afternoon
• forenoon
• honeymoon
• laocoon
• opportune
• pantaloon
• picayune
• tablespoon
• attune
• baboon
• balloon
• bassoon