tune

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

   to tune a piano or a violin

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   adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.

   My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.

5. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.

6. 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.

7. To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.

8. (transitive)To give a certain tone or character to.

9. (transitive)To set (lyrics) to music.

10. (South Africa, slang, transitive)To be impudent towards; to cheek.

    Are you tuning me?

11. (obsolete)To sing with melody or harmony.

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

   Я не можу пригадати мелодії цієї пісні — zaytsev126

   ruЯ не могу вспомнить мотив той песни. — heccele

   deIch kann mich nicht mehr an die Melodie dieses Lieds erinnern. — Sudajaengi

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2. I love this tune.

   Обожнюю цю мелодію. — deniko

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3. I can't carry a tune.

   У мене немає голосу. — deniko

   deIch bin total unmusikalisch. — Luiaard

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4. Do you recognize this tune?

   Ти впізнаєш цю мелодію? — deniko

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5. Tom began to whistle a tune.

   Том почав насвистувати якусь мелодію. — deniko

   ruТом стал насвистывать какой-то мотив. — marafon

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• tune upTo make adjustments (to an engine or bicycle drivetrain) in order to improve its performance.
• tune outTo stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out.
• tune inTo select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio.
• tune downTo tune an instrument by decreasing its pitch