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To select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
To pay attention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
regulate (a radio or television set) in order to receive a certain station or program
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tune, tune up
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
naladit
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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French:
syntoniser
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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German:
einschalten
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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Italian:
sintonizzare
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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Polish:
włączać odbiornik na daną stację
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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Polish:
włączyć odbiornik na daną stację
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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Portuguese:
sintonizar
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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Spanish:
sintonizar
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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Spanish:
estar atento a
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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Thai:
เปิดช่อง
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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Thai:
เปิดคลื่น
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio
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Welsh:
tiwniu
— to select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio