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tune

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1. tune - Noun

2. tune - Verb

3. tune - Interjection

4. Tune - Proper noun

Meaning

A sound; a note; a tone.

A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air.

The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.

Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.

To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin.

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

To sing with melody or harmony.

To put into a proper state or disposition.

To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.

To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune. Woody Allen

My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out. Timothy Leary

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them. Samuel Beckett

He who pays the piper calls the tune. English Proverb

The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune. Irish Proverb

A dripping june sets all in tune. German Proverb

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