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tune

Pronunciation: /tjuːn/

The English word “tune” has 19 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A melody.
  2. A song, or short musical composition.
  3. The act of tuning or maintenance.
  4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
  5. Temper; frame of mind.
  6. A sound; a note; a tone.
  7. Order; harmony; concord.

interjection

  1. Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.

verb

  1. To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
  2. To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
  3. To adjust the frequency of a transmitter or receiver, such as on a radio or TV transmitter or receiver, so as to send or receive an electromagnetic signal through a desired frequency band or channel.
  4. Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
  5. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
  6. To produce a particular quality of voice by adjusting singing voice synthesis software.
  7. To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
  8. To give a certain tone or character to.
  9. To set (lyrics) to music.
  10. To sing with melody or harmony.
  11. To be impudent towards; to cheek.

Etymology

From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.

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