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fine-tuneˌfine-ˈtune verb [transitive] VERB TABLEfine-tune |
Present | I, you, we, they | fine-tune | | he, she, it | fine-tunes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fine-tuned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fine-tuned | | he, she, it | has fine-tuned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fine-tuned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fine-tune | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fine-tuned |
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Present | I | am fine-tuning | | he, she, it | is fine-tuning | | you, we, they | are fine-tuning | Past | I, he, she, it | was fine-tuning | | you, we, they | were fine-tuning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fine-tuning | | he, she, it | has been fine-tuning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fine-tuning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fine-tuning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fine-tuning |
- The election campaign had to be constantly fine-tuned so that the right message got across.
- The natural gas industry continues to fine-tune its structure and business strategies.
- You've established the general direction you want to go in, now you need to fine-tune your plans.
to keep improving something until it is perfect► perfect to improve something such as a skill, system, or something you have designed until you make it perfect: · The best way to perfect your Spanish is to live in a country where it's spoken.· The Chief Executive of the company said that they had spent ten years on perfecting the product.perfect the art/technique etc (of doing something): · Dom Perignon perfected the art of blending wines from many different vineyards. ► refine to make something as good as possible by checking it again and again and making small changes each time until you are satisfied: · Volvo spent three years refining the design of their new car.· It was a four week course, aimed at refining our understanding of the managerial role. ► fine-tune to make small changes to a plan or system that is already good, so that it works as well as possible: · You've established the general direction you want to go in, now you need to fine-tune your plans.· The election campaign had to be constantly fine-tuned so that the right message got across. to make very small changes to something such as a machine, system, or plan, so that it works as well as possible: Over the next few days, we fine-tuned the scheme and made some useful improvements.—fine tuning noun [uncountable] |