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tune out en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From tune + out.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out.
    • I have a hard time tuning out a television that is on.
    • Ants are everywhere, in such abundance that we tune them out like we tune out traffic noise. 2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 123:
  2. To change the channel or frequency away from.
    • I was tired of talk radio so I tuned out of that station and tuned into one playing all music.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tuning out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tuned out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tuned out Tense=Past lexicographic
tunes out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Hypernyms

tune

Relateds

tune in

Synonyms

zone out · space out (ignore)

Translations (14)

cmn 调台 (to change the channel) · pl zawiesić się (to zone out) · pl zmieniać kanał (to change the channel) · pl wyłączyć się (to zone out) · pl błądzić myślami (to zone out) · cmn 换台 (to change the channel) · cmn 换频道 (to change the channel) · pl zawieszać się (to zone out) · pl zmienić kanał (to change the channel) · pl wyłączać się (to zone out) · pt trocar estação (to change the channel) · pl zagapiać się (to zone out) · fi vaihtaa kanavaa (to change the channel) · pl zagapić się (to zone out)