Definition of Tune

Babylon English Dictionary
melody; state of having the correct musical pitch; harmony; proper adjustment
adjust to obtain correct musical pitch; adjust to improve operation (e.g. a car engine); adjust to obtain operational conditions (e.g. radio frequency); coordinate, make harmonious; make a musical sound; adjust to a different goal or framework
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Tune Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To sing with melody or harmony.
  
(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 put into a proper state or disposition.
  
(v. t.)
To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
  
(v. i.)
To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.
  
(v. i.)
To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.
  
(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.
  
(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.
  
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tune
tuned adj
1. (music) brought to correct pitch; "his tuned violin"; "the attuned instruments" [syn: attuned]


2. so adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony; "an industry not attuned to the demands of the market"; "a remark keyed to the situation"; "charges finely tuned to the amount a student can afford" [syn: attuned, keyed]


3. (music) tuned in equal temperament; or so tuned as to allow modulation into other keys


  similar words(6) 



 tune-up 
 signature tune 
 fine-tune 
 tune up 
 to change one`s tune 
 tune in 
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Cyweirio = v. to correct, to rectify; to dress; to tune
Ton = n. a tone, an accent; a tune
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Noun
1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
(synonym) melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
(hypernym) music
(hyponym) flourish, fanfare, tucket
(part-meronym) phrase, musical phrase
2. the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
(hypernym) pitch
(derivation) tune up
3. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
(hypernym) alteration, modification, adjustment

Verb
1. adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
(synonym) tune up
(hypernym) adjust, set, correct
(hyponym) fine-tune, tweak
(derivation) tuning
2. of musical instruments; "My piano needs to be tuned"
(synonym) tune up
(antonym) untune
(hypernym) adjust, set, correct
Tune Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description
Microtune, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Designs and develops radio frequency integrated circuits, and rf modules for a variety of broadband access devices, including cable modems, pc/tvs, which are multimedia personal computers with broadband reception capabilities, set-top boxes and digital televisions. new registrant.
Tune Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Phobia
Fear of music
Tune Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Aviation - English - Spintra.com
To set the operating frequency or channel for a device UHF/VHF Automatic Direction Finding (U/V ADF). An Automatic Direction Finder that determines relative bearing to a transmitter to which it is tuned, in either the UHF band or VHF band;
Tune Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
Jargon File
vt. [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 bum, hot spot, hand-hacking.
Tune Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Tune may refer to:
  • A melody
  • A tune-family
  • To tune an instrument, see musical tuning
  • A tune (folk music), a short piece of instrumental music, usually with repeating sections, and often played a number of times
  • British slang term, often said when referring to a piece of music that is enjoyed
  • Tune, a village in Denmark
  • Tune, a village in Norway
  • Tune ship, a museum exhibition in Norway
a car
  • Tune Ventures, Malaysian investment company
  • Tune, a Japanese fashion magazine

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Tune Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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