fine-tune
fine-tune verb: to make small adjustments to something in order to optimise its performance.
Verb
fine-tune (third-person singular simple present fine-tunes, present participle fine-tuning, simple past and past participle fine-tuned)
- To make small adjustments to something in order to optimise its performance.
- Jim fine-tuned the radio until the sound was perfect.
- Tevez, however, may need to fine-tune his penalty-taking technique. In the 57th minute he had the chance to soothe any lingering nerves, when he ran clear from Kolarov's pass and again exposed the high line of Leicester's defence, only for Hobbs to hack him down. The centre-half was fortunate not...2011 January 18, Daniel Taylor, “Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2”, in Guardian Online
- To further train a trained model on a specialised dataset in order to adapt or optimise its performance for a particular task or purpose.
Forms of fine-tune
| third-person singular present | fine-tunes |
|---|---|
| present participle | fine-tuning |
| past participle | fine-tuned |
| past | fine-tuned |
| alternative form | fine tune |
| alternative form | finetune |
Words formed from fine-tune
Questions about fine-tune
- What does fine-tune mean?
- Fine-tune means to make small adjustments to something in order to optimise its performance.
- What part of speech is fine-tune?
- Fine-tune is a verb.
- What is the past tense of fine-tune?
- The past tense of fine-tune is fine-tuned.
Words near fine-tune in the dictionary
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