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attune

/əˈtjuːn/US/əˈt(j)un/

attune verb: to bring into musical accord.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To bring into musical accord.
  2. (transitive) To tune (an instrument).
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To bring into harmony or accord.
    • By meditating, I try to attune myself to the greater cosmos.
  4. (poetic, transitive) To 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

attune meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

attune in Tamil

இசைவி, பொருந்து

attune in Urdu

آواز ملانا, ہم آہنگ کرنا, لے ملانا, مطابق کرنا, سر ملانا

attune in Bengali

সুর মিলানো, সামঞ্জস্য করা

attune in Malayalam

adjust, accustom, adapt
ഇണങ്ങുക, ഇണങ്ങിച്ചേരുക, പരിചയമാകുക, പരിചയിക്കുക, നിർവേശിക്കുക, പരിചിതമാകുക

Forms of attune

third-person singular presentattunes
present participleattuning
past participleattuned
pastattuned

Origin of attune

From ad- + tune.

Words formed from attune

Words that rhyme with attune

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about attune

What does attune mean?
Attune means to bring into musical accord.
What is attune in Tamil?
Attune in Tamil is இசைவி, பொருந்து. See Attune meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is attune?
Attune is a verb.
How do you pronounce attune?
Attune is pronounced /əˈtjuːn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of attune?
The past tense of attune is attuned.

Words near attune in the dictionary

  1. attuition
  2. attuitional
  3. attuitions
  4. attuitive
  5. attunable
  6. attune
  7. attuned
  8. attunedly
  9. attunedness
  10. attunement
  11. attunements

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: attune (page history and authors); attune (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attune (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attune (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attune (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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