tune
IPA: tˈun
noun
- A melody.
- A song, or short musical composition.
- (informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.
- The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
- (obsolete) Temper; frame of mind.
- (obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
- (obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
- A surname.
verb
- To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
- To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
- To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
- Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
- To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
- To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
- (transitive) To give a certain tone or character to.
- (transitive) To set (lyrics) to music.
- (obsolete) To sing with melody or harmony.
- (transitive, South Africa, slang) To be impudent towards; to cheek.
- (fandom slang) to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.)
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Examples of "tune" in Sentences
- The tune was refined.
- The singing is lively and tuneful.
- It comes in at the end of the tune.
- It is sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle.
- A tune reached the Top 100 of the pop charts.
- The tune also cracked the top 50 on the pop charts.
- The rest of the tuning stop is tuned to itself, in octaves.
- Soon children all over the world began singing the catchy tune.
- HANSEN: That's Paul Curreri playing "California," the title tune from his new CD.
- The pair realized their goal on raucous, riff-y tracks like the title tune and “Nervous.”
- HANSEN: Well, this is Paul Curreri with the title tune from his new album, and it's called "California."
- To what tune pleas'd his ear] _Key_ in this place seems to signify the key of a musical instrument, by which he set _Hearts to tune_.
- But I also want to take the time to play one cut from the new CD, "Tomorrow's Children," the song, the title tune, sung by Pete Seeger.
- The show gets off to a strong start with the title tune and the goofy "Funky Fried Piece Of Man Meat," but slows down later as the drama takes over.
- HANSEN: Devon Sproule, playing and singing in her living room the song she wrote for new CD, the title tune in fact, called "Don't Hurry for Heaven."
- In the title tune to the 1934 musical Anything Goes, "Cole Porter says" times have changed, "since the stock market crashed in 1929, but the super rich, like John D. Rockefeller Jr.," still can hoard e ...
- With the arena thus sanctified, we embarked on a roller-coaster ride through a Gaga theme park, with her ubiquitous hits "Telephone" and "Poker Face" along with songs from her upcoming "Born This Way" album, including the title tune and a ruminative piano interlude, "Speechless."
- He produced her new album, which will be released in September, wrote the title tune, and sings on several of the tracks. 71-year-old Mavis all but adopted my two nephews during the recording (which took place at Wilco's Chicago loft) and I'm hoping her honorary grandmother status extends to my children, Charlie and Leah.
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