Attuned

Definition: Attuned

Attuned

Adjective

1. (music) brought to correct pitch; "his tuned violin"; "the attuned instruments".

2. So adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony; "an industry not attuned to the demands of the market"; "a remark keyed to the situation"; "charges finely tuned to the amount a student can afford".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "attuned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Synonyms: Attuned

Impulse

Wont; used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated; Verb: in the habit of; habitue; at home in; (skillful); seasoned; imbued with; devoted to, wedded to.

Crosswords: Attuned

Nothing! I just find it endlessly fascinating how your instincts are so highly attuned when it comes to boring old evil, but you have yet to make any mention of these new shoes. (Angel; writing credit: Let�cia Dornelles)

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Books

• Attuned to Alien Moonlight: The Poetry of Bruce Dawe (reference)

• The Spiritual Life: And How to Be Attuned to It (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Health

In children, these problems can be minimized if parents encourage a positive outlook and independence, do not reward negative behavior with unusual amounts of attention, and try to stay attuned to their child's needs and feelings. (references)

Because they are attuned to the symptoms, people with diabetes can usually recognize when their blood sugar levels are dropping too low. They can treat the condition quickly by eating or drinking something with sugar in it such as candy, juice, or nondiet soda. Taking glucose tablets or gels (available in drug stores) is another convenient and quick way to treat hypoglycemia. (references)

Business

Additionally, many of the frozen foods imported by Wal-Mart were more attuned to consumer tastes in the U.S. than in Argentina, a country with less diverse tastes. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

Pricing is best developed with advice from local distributors, who are well attuned to the competitive factors at play in the specific market. (references)

Political Economy

NETHERLANDS

Since the European Central Bank (ECB) assumed monetary responsibility on January 1, 1999, monetary policy is no longer under the exclusive control of the Dutch authorities but is determined by the Eurosystem (the European Central Bank and the 11 national Central Banks in the euro area), and is attuned to the euro area as a whole. (references)

Women

Cuba

However, activists at the grassroots level were very attuned to problems of violence affecting women. (references)

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Chinese 

调�'� (Attune, Attuning). (various references)

German

abgestimmt (coordinated, syntonic, tuned, voted), stimmte (tuned, tunes). (various references)

Greek 

εναρμονισμένοσ. (various references)

Hungarian

ők ketten egy test egy lélek (they are completely attuned to one another). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

敏感 (sensibility, sensitive, susceptibility, well attuned to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

び�"か�" (sensibility, sensitive, susceptibility, well attuned to). (various references)

Pig Latin

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Derivations

Words ending with "attuned": unattuned. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Attuned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: attande, attened, attine, attne, attorned, attuner, atune, atuned, atuner, kaftaned. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nutated, taunted.

-1 letter: attend, attune, nutate, nutted, tauted, tauten.

-2 letters: anted, daunt, taunt, tuned.

-3 letters: ante, aunt, date, daut, dean, dent, duet, dune, dunt, etna, neat, nett, nude, tate, taut, teat, tend, tent, tuna, tune, unde.

-4 letters: and, ane, ant, ate, att, den, due, dun, eat, eau, end, eta, nae, net, nut, tad, tae, tan, tat, tau.

+1 letter: debutant, tautened, truanted, unhatted, unmatted, unstated, untasted.

+2 letters: debutante, debutants, intubated, reductant, truncated, tunicated, unattuned, untainted, untreated.

+3 letters: adjustment, adulterant, antiquated, aquatinted, attenuated, debutantes, denaturant, deputation, eventuated, extenuated, gauntleted, inaptitude, infatuated, laundrette, manumitted, outpainted, outthanked, outvaunted, pantsuited, punctuated, reductants, transmuted, transudate, turbinated, unadmitted, unattached, unattended, unattested, understate, untalented, untenanted.

+4 letters: accentuated, adjustments, adulterants, adventurist, antistudent, degustation, denaturants, denticulate, deputations, deuterating, deuteration, edutainment, equidistant, inaptitudes, ingratitude, launderette, laundrettes, menstruated, outdebating, outdistance, quantitated, traducement, transudates, unannotated, unautomated, uncastrated, understated, understates, undertenant, uninitiated, unmitigated, unmotivated, unsaturated, unsteadiest.