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The word of the day is ‘attune’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is attuned.
It means:
1. Adjust
2. Accustom
3. Make harmonious
4. Acclimatize
1. It is because we can hear ourselves speak that we attune our voices to pleasant sounds.
2. Students are not attuned to making decisions.
3. Leaning back against the rock wall, Blachland began to attune himself to the situation.
4. The interests of the East and West are now closely attuned.
5. Nature brooks no delay, and the disharmonic organism must attune itself or perish.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
accommodate, accustom, adapt, conform, acclimatize, accord, balance, compensate, coordinate, counterbalance, familiarize, harmonize, integrate, proportion, reconcile, regulate, tune, make agree, adjust, assimilate, condition, accommodate, tailor, be in tune with, be in harmony with, be in accord with, acclimate etc.
disarrange, disagree, refuse
Quotation:
I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans… have lost touch with. It’s a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life.
Alan Ball
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