attuned

English

Verb

attuned

1. simple past and past participle of attune

Adjective

attuned

1. (of a musical instrument) Tuned to the correct pitch.
2. Brought into harmony; harmonized.
   • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:

     And this year, some of the granite facades have a new addition - the blue and yellow of the flag of Ukraine. It's hardly surprising to see the Scots, a nation more attuned to independence than some, showing solidarity with a country brutally invaded by Russia.

3. Having been changed to fit in with a particular context or to be in sync with a phenomenon.

Derived terms

• attunedly
• attunedness
• unattuned

 

Translations

tuned to the correct pitch

• Czech: naladěný
• Finnish: viritetty (fi)
• French: accordé (fr)
• Swedish: stämd (sv)

brought into harmony

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 协调 (zh) (xiétiáo), 協調／协调 (zh) (xiétiáo)

• Czech: sladěný

adapted to a particular context

• Czech: naladěný
• Finnish: sopeutunut (fi)
• Swedish: anpassad efter

Anagrams

• nutated, taunted