A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
A sound; a note; a tone.
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
of musical instruments; "My piano needs to be tuned"
Verb
adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
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.
Tune
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.3.
A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task].
Tune
For now to sorrow must I tune my song.3.
Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.4.
Tune
Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds sang to her.2.
A sound; a note; a tone.
To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of;
To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.
Usage Examples
I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.
I have two children and it's amazing how in tune they are with nature, with light, with smells, with time.
Every night, half an hour before curtain up, the bells of St. Malachy's, the Actors' Chapel on New York's 49th Street, peal the tune of 'There's No Business Like Show Business.' If you walk the streets of the theatre district before a show and see the vast, enthusiastic lines it sounds like a calling: there is certainly no place like Broadway.
I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio.
I stay in tune with my family and God.
I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I'm trying to pick up tips.
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
Government does not have a revenue problem government has a spending problem. Government does not have a revenue problem government has a priority problem. It is time that we begin to fine tune our focus and decide what the priority of government ought to be.
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Other Usage ExamplesI love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up.
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.
Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.
I have got instincts that, I think, are very much in tune with people's very keen sense to see something different. I did not dream of being in politics since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I was not involved in student politics, or not in that partisan way.
I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.
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