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tune

  • noun
  • /tjuːn/

A song, or short musical composition.

Other meanings

  1. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.

    “Your engine is now in tune.”

  2. The act of tuning or maintenance.

    “Your engine needs a good tune.”

Related words

  • chiptune
  • detune
  • distune
  • downtune
  • mistune
  • overtune
  • pretune
  • retune
  • tunability
  • tunable
  • tuneable
  • tuneage

Word history

From Ancient Greek "τόνος" (a tone).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tune” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.