Tune
noun
A series of musical notes that are organized in a pleasing way.
She hummed a cheerful tune
Often appears as...
- catchy tune
- hum a tune
verb
To adjust a musical instrument so it plays the correct notes.
He is tuning his guitar
Often appears as...
- tune a guitar
- tune an instrument
noun
A particular state or mood.
He was in a jubilant tune after winning the race
Often appears as...
- change one's tune
- in tune with
verb
To adjust the frequency receiver of a radio to a particular station.
He tuned his radio to a jazz station
Often appears as...
- tune into a station
- tune a radio
verb
To adjust a machine or system so that it runs smoothly.
He tuned his car's engine
Often appears as...
- engine tune-up
- tune a vehicle
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Technical
noun
A series of musical notes that are organized in a pleasing way.
She hummed a cheerful tune
Often appears as...
- catchy tune
- hum a tune
verb
To adjust a musical instrument so it plays the correct notes.
He is tuning his guitar
Often appears as...
- tune a guitar
- tune an instrument
noun
A particular state or mood.
He was in a jubilant tune after winning the race
Often appears as...
- change one's tune
- in tune with
verb
To adjust the frequency receiver of a radio to a particular station.
He tuned his radio to a jazz station
Often appears as...
- tune into a station
- tune a radio
verb
To adjust a machine or system so that it runs smoothly.
He tuned his car's engine
Often appears as...
- engine tune-up
- tune a vehicle
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Emotion Expresser
'Tune' can evoke feelings or memories, as songs are tied to emotions.
That tune always takes me back to summer holidays.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Ties
Different cultures have tunes for specific occasions like weddings or holidays.
The bagpiper played a traditional Scottish tune at the ceremony.
Pro Tip 3/3Catchy Melody
A 'catchy tune' is memorable and easy to sing along to.
The radio played a catchy tune that got stuck in my head.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotion Expresser
'Tune' can evoke feelings or memories, as songs are tied to emotions.
That tune always takes me back to summer holidays.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Ties
Different cultures have tunes for specific occasions like weddings or holidays.
The bagpiper played a traditional Scottish tune at the ceremony.
Pro Tip 3/3Catchy Melody
A 'catchy tune' is memorable and easy to sing along to.
The radio played a catchy tune that got stuck in my head.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotion Expresser
'Tune' can evoke feelings or memories, as songs are tied to emotions.
That tune always takes me back to summer holidays.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Ties
Different cultures have tunes for specific occasions like weddings or holidays.
The bagpiper played a traditional Scottish tune at the ceremony.
Pro Tip 3/3Catchy Melody
A 'catchy tune' is memorable and easy to sing along to.
The radio played a catchy tune that got stuck in my head.
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Watch the Total Solar...
no live streams right so for a lot of people this is the first time that even if they're not in totality they've been able to tune in with us right and experience this once-in-a-lifetime event I've heard this is gonna be the most photographed event in human history so
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Adam Garone: Healthier...
essentially the same topic. So now we're funding them to the tune of about five or six million dollars to collaborate and bringing them together, and that's a unique thing in the cancer world, and we know, through that collaboration, it will accelerate outcomes.
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How does your body know...
but in normal life, they fine tune our daily behavior. For instance, as natural morning light filters into our eyes, it helps wake us up. Traveling through the optic nerve to the SCN, it communicates what's happening in the outside world.
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How brass instruments...
produce the different notes within it. And those notes finally emerge through the flared bell opening at the end. What started as a deep breath and a vibrating buzz on the lips has now been transformed into a bold and brassy tune.
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How menstruation works -...
That whole system occurs on repeat, happening approximately 450 times during a woman's life. Behind the scenes are a series of hormonal controls that fine tune the body's internal workings
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DJing to the sounds of...
forward for how we share this amazing blue marble with all these incredible animals after all the whole world is singing we might as well tune in thanks so much for listening
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Macaques SLAP Squirrels...
luckily help is at hand these giant Malabar squirrels have a keen sense of smell tuned into the hypest fruits the macaques watch the squirrels every move
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Why Dogs Stick Their...
licking helps capture more of her alluring sin his tongue takes the order to a second smell organ in the mouth hardwired to the brain and tuned to
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Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
tricks this moth has ears tuned direct to bat frequency and lightning reactions to help it dodge attack
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Elephant Family Reunion...
andrea has had to start thinking like an elephant tuning into this forest world as they do
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
no live streams right so for a lot of people this is the first time that even if they're not in totality they've been able to tune in with us right and experience this once-in-a-lifetime event I've heard this is gonna be the most photographed event in human history so
Video examples
Adam Garone: Healthier...
essentially the same topic. So now we're funding them to the tune of about five or six million dollars to collaborate and bringing them together, and that's a unique thing in the cancer world, and we know, through that collaboration, it will accelerate outcomes.
Video examples
How does your body know...
but in normal life, they fine tune our daily behavior. For instance, as natural morning light filters into our eyes, it helps wake us up. Traveling through the optic nerve to the SCN, it communicates what's happening in the outside world.
Video examples
How brass instruments...
produce the different notes within it. And those notes finally emerge through the flared bell opening at the end. What started as a deep breath and a vibrating buzz on the lips has now been transformed into a bold and brassy tune.
Video examples
How menstruation works -...
That whole system occurs on repeat, happening approximately 450 times during a woman's life. Behind the scenes are a series of hormonal controls that fine tune the body's internal workings
Video examples
DJing to the sounds of...
forward for how we share this amazing blue marble with all these incredible animals after all the whole world is singing we might as well tune in thanks so much for listening
Video examples
Macaques SLAP Squirrels...
luckily help is at hand these giant Malabar squirrels have a keen sense of smell tuned into the hypest fruits the macaques watch the squirrels every move
Video examples
Why Dogs Stick Their...
licking helps capture more of her alluring sin his tongue takes the order to a second smell organ in the mouth hardwired to the brain and tuned to
Video examples
Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
tricks this moth has ears tuned direct to bat frequency and lightning reactions to help it dodge attack
Video examples
Elephant Family Reunion...
andrea has had to start thinking like an elephant tuning into this forest world as they do
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Erin Gray
American Actress
Learning how to get in tune with your field of energy and understand how to create your energy, expand that energy, and move that energy through your body. Coming back to your center, and approaching life from that center-to-line place... That to me gave me strength and understanding and hopefully wisdom to solve life's problems and challenges.
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Gigi Hadid
American Model
I just try to be in tune with my body. If I start to feel sick, I will try to catch it at the root. I don't really let myself get to the point where it becomes a problem. That's so important when you're travelling because if you land in Paris and you have to go from the airport straight to set, you don't have time to go to the doctor.
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John Ralston Saul
Canadian Author
Grand economic theories rarely last more than a few decades. Some, if they are particularly in tune with technological or political events, may make it to half a century. Beyond that, little short of military force can keep them in place.
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Ramin Djawadi
German Composer
I began making music at the age of four. According to my mother, once I just sat down at the piano and played back a tune by ear. My parents were watching and said to each other, 'Maybe we should give him music lessons.
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James Bay
British Musician
There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a guitar, right?
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Jill Ellis
British Coach
You've got to make sure you're listening to the people that are important to listen to. And then everything else, you kind of have to tune out and do your thing.
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Jesse Harris
American Musician
When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.
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Ghostface Killah
American Musician
I'm in tune with the universe, the sun, moon, and stars. I'm in tune with the jinns that are all around us.
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Gabrielle Aplin
English Musician
It's important to have good tunes, but words are the thing for me.
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Blackbear
American Musician
I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.
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Erin Gray
American Actress
Learning how to get in tune with your field of energy and understand how to create your energy, expand that energy, and move that energy through your body. Coming back to your center, and approaching life from that center-to-line place... That to me gave me strength and understanding and hopefully wisdom to solve life's problems and challenges.
Quote examples
Gigi Hadid
American Model
I just try to be in tune with my body. If I start to feel sick, I will try to catch it at the root. I don't really let myself get to the point where it becomes a problem. That's so important when you're travelling because if you land in Paris and you have to go from the airport straight to set, you don't have time to go to the doctor.
Quote examples
John Ralston Saul
Canadian Author
Grand economic theories rarely last more than a few decades. Some, if they are particularly in tune with technological or political events, may make it to half a century. Beyond that, little short of military force can keep them in place.
Quote examples
Ramin Djawadi
German Composer
I began making music at the age of four. According to my mother, once I just sat down at the piano and played back a tune by ear. My parents were watching and said to each other, 'Maybe we should give him music lessons.
Quote examples
James Bay
British Musician
There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a guitar, right?
Quote examples
Jill Ellis
British Coach
You've got to make sure you're listening to the people that are important to listen to. And then everything else, you kind of have to tune out and do your thing.
Quote examples
Jesse Harris
American Musician
When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.
Quote examples
Ghostface Killah
American Musician
I'm in tune with the universe, the sun, moon, and stars. I'm in tune with the jinns that are all around us.
Quote examples
Gabrielle Aplin
English Musician
It's important to have good tunes, but words are the thing for me.
Quote examples
Blackbear
American Musician
I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.
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