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tune
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- pronunciation:
- tun
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- phrases:
- tune in
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A tune is a group of musical sounds that follow each other and sound nice to people. A song has both words and a tune. The tune is the music alone.
I know the tune of a lot of songs, but I don't know the words.- similar words:
- song
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| definition 2: |
A tune is a particular song, especially one that a lot of people know and like.
In the car, Leah's mom and dad like to listen to old tunes on the radio. They like to sing along with them. |
| definition 3: |
When you sing in tune, you sing each note of a song at the right pitch. That means that each of your notes is not lower or higher than it should be.
My mom never sings. She says it's because she can't sing in tune.- similar words:
- ear, pitch
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| definition 4: |
When an instrument is in tune, it makes exactly the right sound when you play each note. None of the sounds are too high or too low. If two guitars are each in tune, they can play together well.
The piano doesn't sound good because it's not in tune anymore.- similar words:
- pitch
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| related words: |
melody, phrase |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
tunes, tuning, tuned |
| definition: |
When you tune an instrument, you make adjustments to it so that it can make each note have exactly the right sound.
The orchestra players tuned their instruments as the audience came in and took their seats.- similar words:
- adjust
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| related words: |
service |
| phrase: |
tune in |
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