tune

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A melody.
2. (countable, uncountable) A song, or short musical composition.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) The act of tuning or maintenance.
4. (countable, uncountable) The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Temper; frame of mind.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A sound; a note; a tone.
7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Order; harmony; concord.

Intj

Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.

Verb

1. To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
2. To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
3. To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
4. Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
5. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
6. To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
7. (transitive) To give a certain tone or character to.
8. (transitive) To set (lyrics) to music.
9. (obsolete) To sing with melody or harmony.
10. (South-Africa, slang, transitive) To be impudent towards; to cheek.
11. (slang) to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.)

Synonyms

melody

tone

air

song

🎶

note

strain

attune

intonation

tune up

adjust

melodic line

melodic phrase

line

sound

🔉

pitch

harmony

aria

accent

voice

mood

music

🎶

modulation

motif

key

🔑

rhythm

spirits

trim

concord

adapt

fit

tune in

wind

chant

syntonize

piece of music

regulate

measure

crooked

configure

blend

conduct

condition

bent

concordance

concert

grant

form

compatibility

guide

articulate

Translations

Melodie

mélodie

melodía

melodie

stemmen

afinar

stimmen

accorder

Weise

canor

🎶

air

wijs

melodia

melodia

aria

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tjuːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tune

In summary

From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.