English noun: tune |
1. | tune (communication) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence |
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| Samples | She was humming an air from Beethoven.
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| Synonyms | air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain |
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| Broader (hypernym) | music |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | fanfare, flourish, glissando, idea, leitmotif, leitmotiv, melodic theme, musical theme, part, roulade, signature, signature tune, theme, theme song, theme song, tucket, voice |
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| Part holonym | musical phrase, phrase |
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2. | tune (attribute) the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch |
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| Samples | He cannot sing in tune. The clarinet was out of tune.
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| Broader (hypernym) | pitch |
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3. | tune (act) the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adjustment, alteration, modification |
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