TUNE
\tjˈuːn], \tjˈuːn], \t_j_ˈuː_n]\
Definitions of TUNE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
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the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
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adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
By Princeton University
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a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
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adjust for functioning; "tune the engine"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.
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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.
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To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
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To sing with melody or harmony.
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To put into a proper state or disposition.
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To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.
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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.
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To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
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To sing with melody or harmony.
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To put into a proper state or disposition.
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To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.
By Noah Webster.
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A series of musical notes having rhythm and forming a connected theme; air; a melody; condition of giving forth tones of the proper pitch; as, the piano is out of tune; agreement of sounds; state of harmonious adjustment; fitting mood.
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To cause to produce the proper sounds; to adjust, as a voice or instrument, to a certain musical pitch.
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Tuned.
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Tuning.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A melodious succession of notes or chords in a particular key: the relation of notes and intervals to each other causing melody: state of giving the proper sound: harmony: a melody or air.
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To cause to produce the proper sounds.
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TUNABLE.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put or be in tune; attune.
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To celebrate with song.
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A melody.
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Harmony; concord.
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Suitable temper or humor.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A rhythmical, melodious series of musical 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; –harmony; concert of parts; harmonious arrangement; –state of giving forth the due or proper sounds; correct intonation; pitch of the voice or an instrument; –hence, figuratively, right disposition; fit temper; agreeable humour.