tune

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Anagrams

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Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

< Middle English tune < Old French ton < Latin tonus < Ancient Greek τονός (tonos), “‘a tone’”); see tone, of which tune is a doublet.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːn

[edit] Noun

tune (plural tunes)

1. A melody.
2. A song, or short musical composition.
3. (informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.

   Your engine needs a good tune.

4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.

   Your engine is now in tune.

[edit] Derived terms

• change one's tune
• in tune
• out of tune
• to the tune of
• carry a tune

[edit] Related terms

• tone

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[edit] Verb

to tune (third-person singular simple present tunes, present participle tuning, simple past and past participle tuned)

1. To modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.
2. To adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device (such as a radio or a car engine) so that it functions optimally.
3. To make more precise, intense, or effective.

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• fine-tune
• tune in
• tuner
• tune out
• tune up

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• attune

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[edit] External links

• tune in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tune in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tyn/, SAMPA: /tyn/

[edit] Noun

tune f. (plural tunes)

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of thune.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: entu
• tenu