tune
A melody.
Noun 4 meanings
A melody.
“Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.”
A song, or short musical composition.
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.”
Verb 4 meanings
To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
“to tune a piano or a violin”
To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
“Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.”
To adjust the frequency of a transmitter or receiver, such as on a radio or TV transmitter or receiver, so as to send or receive an electromagnetic signal through a desired frequency band or channel.
“Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.”
Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
“My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.”
Etymology
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.
TUNE at a glance
TUNE has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (T 1 + U 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,479 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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