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Adjective keyed has 3 senses
- attuned, keyed, tuned - so adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony; "an industry not attuned to the demands of the market"; "a remark keyed to the situation"; "charges finely tuned to the amount a student can afford"
Antonym: unadjusted (indirect, via adjusted)
- keyed - fitted with or secured by a key; "a keyed instrument"; "the locks have not yet been keyed"
Antonym: keyless
- keyed - set to a key or tone
Antonyms: atonal, unkeyed (indirect, via tonal)
Verb key has 5 senses
- identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name - identify as in botany or biology, for example
Sample sentences:
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- key - provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"
--2 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
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Somebody ----s somebody
- key - vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"
--3 is one way to vandalize, vandalise
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- key - regulate the musical pitch of
--4 is one way to harmonize, harmonise, chord
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- key - harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"
--5 is one way to harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
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