Definitions of Tune [tun, tyun]

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Definition of 'Tune'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tune
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody.

2.  tune
the state of being in the proper pitch:
to be in tune.

3.  tune
agreement in pitch; unison; harmony.

4.  tune
proper adjustment, as of radio instruments or circuits with respect to frequency.

5.  tune
harmonious relationship; accord; agreement.

6. (v.t.) tune
to adjust (a musical instrument) to a correct or given standard of pitch (often fol. by up).

7.  tune
to bring (someone or something) into harmony or agreement.

8.  tune
to adjust (a motor, mechanism, or the like) for proper functioning.

9.  tune
to adjust (a radio or television) so as to receive signals from a particular transmitting station.

10.  tune
to put into or cause to be in a receptive condition, mood, etc.

11. (v.i.) tune
to be in harmony or accord; become responsive.

12.  tune
tune in, to adjust a radio or television so as to receive (signals, a particular station, etc.).

13.  tune
tune out,

14.  tune
to adjust a radio or television so as to avoid (static, interference, etc.).

15.  tune
Slang. to stop paying attention to.

16.  tune
tune up,

17.  tune
to cause a group of musical instruments to be brought to the same pitch.

18.  tune
to bring into proper operating order, as a motor.

19.  tune
change one's tune, to reverse one's opinions; change one's mind.

20.  tune
sing or whistle a different tune, to contradict one's previous opinions in response to changes in one's circumstances.

21.  tune
to the tune of, in the amount of; for the cost of.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (n.); unexplained var. of tone)

Definition of 'Tune'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
"she was humming an air from Beethoven"

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

3. (verb) tune
the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

4. (verb) tune, tune up
adjust for (better) functioning
"tune the engine"

5. (verb) tune, tune up
adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)
"My piano needs to be tuned"

Definition of 'Tune'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) tune
a series of musical notes that sound pleasant; = melody
I like the tune, but not the words.

2.  tune
in tune with
having a strong understanding or connection with
a politician who is in tune with the country's needs

3.  tune
to the tune of
emphasizes how large an amount of money is
He bought himself a big house, to the tune of $4 million.

4. (verb) tune
to adjust a musical instrument to make it play the correct notes
She tuned up her violin.

5.  tune
to move the controls on a radio to find a station
He tuned the radio to 98.5.

6.  tune
be tuned to
to be listening to
You're tuned to Austin's best rock.

7.  tune
to adjust an engine so it runs better
The engine needs tuning.

Definition of 'Tune'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Tune
a sound; a note; a tone

2. (noun) Tune
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

3. (noun) Tune
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

4. (noun) Tune
order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood

5. (verb) Tune
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

6. (verb) Tune
to give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious

7. (verb) Tune
to sing with melody or harmony

8. (verb) Tune
to put into a proper state or disposition

9. (verb) Tune
to form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds

10. (verb) Tune
to utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum

Definitions of 'Tune'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. Tune
[from automotive or musical usage] To optimize a program or system for a particular environment, esp. by adjusting numerical parameters designed as hooks for tuning, e.g., by changing #define lines in C. One may tune for time (fastest execution), tune for space (least memory use), or tune for configuration (most efficient use of hardware). See hot spot, hand-hacking.

Translation of 'Tune'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: musical notes put together in a particular (melodic and pleasing) order; a melody He played a tune on the violin.
Afrikaans: wysie, melodie	Arabic: نَغَم، لَحْن	Bulgarian: мелодия
Brazilian: melodia	Czech: melodie; písnička	German: die Melodie
Danish: melodi	Greek: σκοπός, μελωδία	Spanish: melodía
Estonian: viis, meloodia	Farsi: آهنگ	Finnish: sävelmä
French: air	Hebrew: לַחַן, מַנגִינָה	Hindi: धुन
Croatian: napjev, melodija	Hungarian: dallam	Indonesian: lagu
Icelandic: lag	Italian: melodia, motivo	Japanese: 旋律
Korean: 악곡	Lithuanian: melodija	Latvian: melodija
Malay: tiun	Dutch: wijsje	Norwegian: melodi, låt
Polish: melodia	Persian: آهنگ	Pashto: اواز
Portuguese: melodia	Romanian: melodie	Russian: мелодия
Slovak: melódia; pesnička	Slovenian: napev	Serbian: melodija
Swedish: melodi, låt	Thai: ทำนอง	Turkish: melodi, nağme
Taiwanese: 旋律	Ukrainian: мотив, мелодія	Urdu: سُر، لے
Vietnamese: giaiđiệu	Chinese: 曲调
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