tune
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 →
2) To tune an instrument is to adjust it so its notes are at the right pitch. tree →
3) To tune a radio or TV is to set it to a channel or station. tree →
4) «In tune» means singing or playing the right notes; «out of tune» means the notes are wrong. tree →
5) To tune an engine or machine is to adjust it so it works well. tree →
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 →
- The piano is out of tune. tree →
- We tuned the guitar before the concert. tree →
- Tune in to the radio at nine. tree →
- Stay tuned for more after the break. tree →
- The class sang in tune. tree →
- He changed his tune when he saw the prize. tree →
- And the harp played a merry tune. tree →
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.
- Before a concert the orchestra tunes to one note, usually an A played by the oboe, so everyone plays in tune together.
- Listening hard, then copying the tune, is how you get it right.
- "shēngrì kuàilè" means happy birthday; "zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè" is sung to the same tune as the English song.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tune» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.