C1verb · transitive · common

tune

tune · tunes · tuned · tuning

stimmen

To adjust so that it produces the correct pitchesTo adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.

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US/tɪu̯n/

» I can't remember the tune of that song.

Ich kann mich nicht mehr an die Melodie dieses Lieds erinnern.

Ich kann mich nicht an die Melodie des Liedes erinnern.

Я не могу вспомнить мотив той песни.

Я не можу пригадати мелодії цієї пісні

Я не можу згадати мелодію цієї пісні.

Meaning

11 senses

To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
to tune a piano or a violin
stimmen
adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)
To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.
Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible.
To adjust the frequency of a transmitter or receiver, such as on a radio or TV transmitter or receiver, so as to send or receive an electromagnetic signal through a desired frequency band or channel.
Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.
Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.
To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
(slang)To produce a particular quality of voice by adjusting singing voice synthesis software.
To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
(transitive)To give a certain tone or character to.
(transitive)To set (lyrics) to music.
(South Africa, slang, transitive)To be impudent towards; to cheek.
Are you tuning me?
(obsolete)To sing with melody or harmony.

Examples

301 sentences

I can't remember the tune of that song.
Я не можу пригадати мелодії цієї пісні
ruЯ не могу вспомнить мотив той песни.
deIch kann mich nicht mehr an die Melodie dieses Lieds erinnern.
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I love this tune.
Обожнюю цю мелодію.
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I can't carry a tune.
У мене немає голосу.
deIch bin total unmusikalisch.
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Do you recognize this tune?
Ти впізнаєш цю мелодію?
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Tom began to whistle a tune.
Том почав насвистувати якусь мелодію.
ruТом стал насвистывать какой-то мотив.
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Translations

7 languages

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By meaning 1

to adjust a musical instrument:

Origin

From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin

From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.

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