tunes in
Finds the station
Tunes in means to adjust a receiver to a particular frequency or channel: She tuned in to the evening news.
More broadly, it means to pay attention or become aware: He finally tuned in to what his colleagues had been saying for months.
The opposite, tune out, means to stop paying attention or to ignore.
- stationFixed stopping point
- channelPassage for transmission
- dial toneSound indicating phone readiness
- listeningAttending to sound
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
radio dial · receiver · ear · pays attention · antenna · podcast · wave · awareness · television · airs · drops in · focus · reception · concentration · connects · on the same wavelength · engagement · absorbs
tunes intunes out
Ceases to attend
zones out · spaces out · checks out · disengages · switches off
tunes intunes out
Ceases to attend
turns off · switches off · changes the channel · disconnects · unplugs
tunes intunes out
Ceases to attend
shuts out · withdraws · disengages · pulls away · ignores
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