tune
Forms
- Plural
- tunes
- present (v1)
- tune
- past (v2)
- tuned
- past participle (v3)
- tuned
- present participle
- tuning
- 3rd person singular
- tunes
Definitions
1.A melody.
- Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.
2.A song, or short musical composition.
3.The act of tuning or maintenance.(informal)
- Your engine needs a good tune.
4.The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
- This piano is not in tune.
- Your engine is now in tune.
1.Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.(slang)
- You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song?, Tune!
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.
- Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible.
- Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.
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.
- Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3946
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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.