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Tune
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- 1 Used to show appreciation or approval of a song. UK, slang
"You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!"
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A melody. countable, uncountable
"Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums."
- 2 the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency wordnet
- 3 A song, or short musical composition. countable, uncountable
- 4 the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch wordnet
- 5 The act of tuning or maintenance. countable, informal, uncountable
"Your engine needs a good tune."
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- 6 a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence wordnet
- 7 The state or condition of being correctly tuned. countable, uncountable
"Your engine is now in tune."
- 8 Temper; frame of mind. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 9 A sound; a note; a tone. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Pray you now, if it may the ſtand with the tune of your voices, that I may bee Conſull, I haue heere the Cuſtomarie Gowne."
- 10 Order; harmony; concord. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he […] is dragged unwillingly to [his task]."
- 1 To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
"to tune a piano or a violin"
- 2 adjust the pitches of (musical instruments) wordnet
- 3 To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
"Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower."
- 4 adjust for (better) functioning wordnet
- 5 To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
"Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows."
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- 6 Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
"My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest."
- 7 To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
"[H]ee hath incurred the euerlaſting diſpleaſure of the King, who had euen tun'd his bounty to ſing happineſſe to him."
- 8 To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
"For now to ſorrow must I tune my ſong, / And ſet my Harpe to notes of ſaddeſt wo, […]"
- 9 To give a certain tone or character to. transitive
- 10 To set (lyrics) to music. transitive
"Ginsberg sang some poems from William Blake which he had "tuned"."
- 11 To sing with melody or harmony. obsolete
"To ſee great Hercules whipping a Gigge, / And profound Sallomon to tune a Iigge."
- 12 To be impudent towards; to cheek. South-Africa, slang, transitive
"Are you tuning me?"
- 13 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.) slang
"[…] Those who are highly skilled in manipulating the Vocaloid technology—e.g., tuning Miku's singing voices—arrange existing[…]"
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.
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.
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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