tune
see also: Tune
Pronunciation Noun
Tune
Proper noun
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see also: Tune
Pronunciation Noun
tune
- A melody.
- A song, or short musical composition.
- (informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.
- Your engine needs a good tune.
- The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
- Your engine is now in tune.
- This piano is not in tune.
- (obsolete) Temper; frame of mind.
- (obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
- c. 1608–1609, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene iii]:
- the tune of your voices
- (obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
- 1693, [John Locke], “§72”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482 ↗, page 76 ↗:
- A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he […] is dragged unwillingly to [his task].
- French: mélodie, air
- German: Melodie
- Italian: melodia
- Portuguese: melodia
- Russian: мело́дия
- Spanish: melodía
- Italian: composizione
- Russian: мело́дия
- Spanish: tonada
- Italian: regolazione, messa a punto
- Portuguese: tunar
- Russian: настро́йка
- Russian: настро́енный
- (UK, slang) Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.
- You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!
tune (tunes, present participle tuning; past and past participle tuned)
- To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
- to tune a piano or a violin
- 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Friar, or the Double Discovery, London: Richard Tonson & Jacob Tonson, Act II, p. 21,
- She bids me hope; oh Heav’ns; she pities me!
- And pity still foreruns approching love;
- As Lightning does the Thunder! Tune your Harps
- Ye Angels to that sound […]
- To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
- Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.
- Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible.
- To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
- Tune in to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.
- (e.g. of senses or faculties) To adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
- My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.
- To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
- To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
- 1645, John Milton, “The Passion” in Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, London: Humphrey Moseley, p. 17,
- For now to sorrow must I tune my song,
- And set my Harpe to notes of saddest wo,
- 1645, John Milton, “The Passion” in Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, London: Humphrey Moseley, p. 17,
- (transitive) To give a certain tone or character to.
- (obsolete) To sing with melody or harmony.
- circa 1594 William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV, Scene 3,
- To see great Hercules whipping a gig,
- And profound Solomon to tune a jig,
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, London, Book 5, lines 195-196,
- Fountains and yee, that warble, as ye flow,
- Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
- circa 1594 William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV, Scene 3,
- (South Africa, slang, transitive) To cheek; to be impudent towards.
- Are you tuning me?
- Italian: regolare, registrare, mettere a punto
- Portuguese: ajustar
- Spanish: afinar
- French: syntoniser
- Portuguese: sintonizar
- Spanish: sintonizar
Tune
Proper noun
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