| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| fine-tune |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | f n t n, -tyn |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: fine-·tuned, fine-·tun·ing, fine-·tunes
To make small adjustments in for optimal performance or effectiveness: “Advertising agencies kept fine-tuning the coolly calculated machinery of merchandising and hype” (New Yorker).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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