Tune

[tjuːn] or [tun]

Definition

(noun.) the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency.

(noun.) the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; 'he cannot sing in tune'; 'the clarinet was out of tune'.

(noun.) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; 'she was humming an air from Beethoven'.

(verb.) adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); 'My piano needs to be tuned'.

(verb.) adjust for (better) functioning; 'tune the engine'.

Checker: Mandy--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A sound; a note; a tone.

(n.) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air.

(n.) The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.

(n.) Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.

(v. t.) To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin.

(v. t.) To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.

(v. t.) To sing with melody or harmony.

(v. t.) To put into a proper state or disposition.

(v. i.) To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.

(v. i.) To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.

Editor: Oswald

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Air, melody, strain, movement.[2]. Concord, harmony.

v. a. [1]. Harmonize, accord, modulate, attune, put in tune.[2]. Sing.

Typist: Rudy

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Strain, melody, air

Edited by Francine

Definition

n. a melodious succession of notes or chords in a particular key: the relation of notes and intervals to each other causing melody: state of giving the proper sound: harmony: a melody or air: frame of mind temper.—v.t. to adjust the tones as of a musical instrument: to play upon celebrate in music: to give a certain character to.—adj. Tū′nable.—n. Tū′nableness.—adv. Tū′nably.—adj. Tune′ful full of tune or harmony: melodious: musical.—adv. Tune′fully.—n. Tune′fulness.—adj. Tune′less without tune or melody: silent.—ns. Tū′ner one who tunes or adjusts the sounds of musical instruments: one who makes music or sings: in organs an adjustable flap for altering the pitch of the tone; Tū′ning the art of bringing musical instruments into tune; Tū′ning-fork a steel two-pronged instrument designed when set in vibration to give a musical sound of a certain pitch; Tū′ning-hamm′er a tuning-wrench with hammer attachment for regulating tension in stringed instruments.—Tune up to begin to sing or play.—Change one's tune Sing another tune to alter one's attitude or one's way of talking; In tune harmonious; Out of tune inharmonious; To the tune of to the amount of.

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Examples

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