Definitions for tunes

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tunes tune

Spelling: [toon, tyoon]

IPA: /tun, tyun/

Tunes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in tunes (enstu).

Definitions for tunes

noun

1. a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
2. a musical setting of a hymn, poem, psalm, etc., usually in four-part harmony.
3. the state of being in the proper pitch:
4. agreement in pitch; unison; harmony.
5. proper adjustment, as of radio instruments or circuits with respect to frequency.
6. harmonious relationship; accord; agreement.
7. Archaic. frame of mind; mood.
8. Obsolete. a tone or sound.

Idioms

1. call the tune, to decide matters of policy; control:
2. change one's tune, to reverse one's views; change one's mind:
3. sing a different tune, to be forced to change one's ways, attitude, behavior, etc.:
4. to the tune of, Informal. in or about the amount of:

Verb phrases

1. tune in, to adjust a radio or television set so as to receive (signals, a particular station, etc.).
2. tune out, to adjust a radio or television set so as to stop or avoid receiving (a station or channel). Slang. to stop paying attention to a person, situation, etc.
3. tune up, to cause a group of musical instruments to be brought to the same pitch. to begin to sing. to bring into proper operating order, as a motor:

verb (used with object)

1. to adjust (a musical instrument) to a correct or given standard of pitch (often followed by up).
2. to adapt (the voice, song, etc.) to a particular tone, to the expression of a particular feeling, or the like.
3. to bring (someone or something) into harmony.
4. to adjust (a motor, mechanism, or the like) for proper functioning.
5. Radio and Television. to adjust (a circuit, frequency, or the like) so as to bring it into resonance with another circuit, a given frequency, or the like. to adjust (a receiving apparatus) so as to make it compatible in frequency with a transmitting apparatus whose signals are to be received. to adjust (a receiving apparatus) so as to receive the signals of a particular transmitting station.
6. to put into or cause to be in a receptive condition, mood, etc.; bring into harmony or agreement.
7. Archaic. to utter, sound, or express musically. to play upon (a lyre).

verb (used without object)

1. to put a musical instrument in tune (often followed by up).
2. to give forth a musical sound.
3. to be in harmony or accord; become responsive.

Origin of tunes

1350-1400; Middle English (noun); unexplained variant of tone

Examples for tunes

Both thrashers, the iPods of avians, able to store more than 3,000 tunes.

With music by Leonard Bernstein, this iconic show has tunes like “New York, New York,” that are part of American lore.

Most of the eleven tunes on Songs are absolutely drowning in effects.

Then he called out “Cherokee,” the name of one of the most famous, and fastest, tunes in the bebop repertoire.

The “Computer Rock” tunes, with references to BASIC programming, were almost immediately rendered obsolete.

He had heard fragments of tunes and songs in the warm wind, which he knew had no existence.

We like a story all the better for having heard it two or three tunes before.

The tunes and hymns which are to be consecrated for each festival have been already determined by us.

Where the air came from, I do not know: Elsie's brain was full of tunes.

He does not rightly consort his instruments, or he tunes them in different keys.