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# tune

«tune» in Mova's school dictionary: **a series of musical notes that makes a song or melody you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tune, tunes); verb (tune, tunes, tuned, tuning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tune is a series of musical notes that makes a song or melody you can remember and hum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#m1)

2) To tune an instrument is to adjust it so its notes are at the right pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#m2)

3) To tune a radio or TV is to set it to a channel or station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#m3)

4) «In tune» means singing or playing the right notes; «out of tune» means the notes are wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#m4)

5) To tune an engine or machine is to adjust it so it works well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons pupils learn tunes, sing in tune, and tune guitars and violins. In science lessons on sound, tuning changes the tension of a string, and so its pitch. In everyday life «tune in» means switch on to watch or listen, and «stay tuned» means keep watching. Phrases: «in tune», «out of tune», «tune in», «stay tuned», «change your tune», «to the tune of».

### examples

- She hummed a happy tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#x1)
- The piano is out of tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#x2)
- We tuned the guitar before the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#x3)
- Tune in to the radio at nine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#x4)
- Stay tuned for more after the break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#x5)
- The class sang in tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#x6)
- He changed his tune when he saw the prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#x7)
- And the harp played a merry tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/#x8)

### note

Plural: tunes. Past: tuned. «Change your tune» = change your opinion. «In tune with» also means understanding someone well. A tuning fork is a tool that makes one exact note.

### In the corpora

- [Some songwriters start with words, some with a tune or chords, some with a beat; there is no single correct way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/5/)
- [Before a concert the orchestra tunes to one note, usually an A played by the oboe, so everyone plays in tune together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/7/)
- [Listening hard, then copying the tune, is how you get it right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/2-the-four-tones/5/)
- ["shēngrì kuàilè" means happy birthday; "zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè" is sung to the same tune as the English song.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tune» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tune/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.