| VERB | change | fine-tune, polish, refine, down | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | fine-tune, tweak | adjust finely | |
| change | fine-tune, calibrate, graduate | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring |
| Meaning | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | polish, refine, down | |
| Narrower | educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise | Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment |
| overrefine, over-refine | refine too much or with excess of subtlety | |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
| Spanish | afinar, perfeccionar, pulimentar, pulir, refinar | |
| Catalan | afinar, polir, refinar | |
| Meaning | Adjust finely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "fine-tune the engine" | |
| Synonym | tweak | |
| Broader | tune, tune up | Adjust for (better) functioning |
| Meaning | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | calibrate, graduate | |
| Broader | adjust, set, correct | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
| Spanish | afinar, calibrar | |
| Catalan | afinar, calibrar | |
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