TUNE
Dictionary entry overview: What does tune mean?
• TUNE (noun)
The noun TUNE has 3 senses:
1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
2. the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
3. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
Familiarity information: TUNE used as a noun is uncommon.
• TUNE (verb)
The verb TUNE has 2 senses:
1. adjust for (better) functioning
2. adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)
Familiarity information: TUNE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TUNE (noun)
Meaning:
A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
tune; melody; melodic phrase; melodic line; strain; air; line
Context example:
she was humming an air from Beethoven
Hypernyms ("tune" is a kind of...):
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Meronyms (parts of "tune"):
musical phrase; phrase (a short musical passage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tune"):
fanfare; flourish; tucket ((music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments)
part; voice (the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music)
idea; melodic theme; musical theme; theme ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition)
signature; signature tune; theme song (a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program)
theme song (a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie)
leitmotif; leitmotiv (a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas))
roulade ((music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable)
glissando (a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale)
Meaning:
The property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context examples:
he cannot sing in tune / the clarinet was out of tune
Hypernyms ("tune" is a kind of...):
pitch (the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration)
Meaning:
The adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tune" is a kind of...):
adjustment; alteration; modification (the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment))
• TUNE (verb)
Meaning:
Adjust for (better) functioning
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
tune; tune up
Context example:
tune the engine
Hypernyms (to "tune" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tune"):
fine-tune; tweak (adjust finely)
service (make fit for use)
tune in (regulate (a radio or television set) in order to receive a certain station or program)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
tune; tune up
Context example:
My piano needs to be tuned
Hypernyms (to "tune" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
untune (cause to be out of tune)
