tune in
Catch a broadcast
Tune in means to adjust a radio or television to receive a particular broadcast, or more broadly, to direct one's attention toward something.
Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion.
The phrase extends beyond electronics to mental focus—if you tune in to a conversation or situation, you become attentive to it.
Someone who is tuned in is aware and perceptive about what's happening around them.
The opposite, tune out, means to stop paying attention or to ignore something.
Concentrated attention point
- concentrateReduced, potent form
- listenPerceive sound attentively
- engageActively participate or connect
- attentivePaying close notice
mindful · presence · awareness · receptive · alert · absorbed · heed · attuned
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- channelPassage for transmission
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- stationFixed stopping point
dial · program · broadcast · signal · antenna · receiver · airwaves · FM
Sixties counterculture member
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
- drop outLeave before completing
Timothy Leary · alternative · awakening · enlightenment · transcendence · groove · vibe · cosmic
focus
Concentrated attention point
- concentrateReduced, potent form
- listenPerceive sound attentively
- engageActively participate or connect
attentive · mindful · presence · awareness · receptive · alert · absorbed · heed · attuned · present
radio
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- channelPassage for transmission
- frequencyRate of recurrence
station · dial · program · broadcast · signal · antenna · receiver · airwaves · FM · AM
hippie
Sixties counterculture member
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
Timothy Leary · drop out · alternative · awakening · enlightenment · transcendence · groove · vibe · cosmic · expansion
- music expressionsmusic to my ears, play it by ear, strike a chord, play second fiddle, off-key
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- showbizHollywood, Bollywood, Tinseltown, backstage, behind the scenes
- Attention phrasespay attention, heads up, watch out, look out, keep an eye on
- broadcastair, beam, broadcast, emit, radiate
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
tune intune out
Deliberately stop attending
zone out · space out · switch off · disengage · check out
tune intune out
Deliberately stop attending
turn off · switch off · change the channel · unplug · disconnect
in, tune, tuning, tuneful, tuner, tuned, intone, intoned, intones