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    [Noun]  | "tune" | \ ˈtün \


    1: a pleasing succession of musical tones : melody

    2: a dominant theme

    3: correct musical pitch or consonance —used chiefly in the phrases in tune and out of tune

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English tune, tuin, tewne "musical sound, melody, key of a musical composition," borrowed from Anglo-French tun, ton, tuen {see: |tone:1|tone:1};

      * Note : In Middle English tune is effectively a variant of tone, but both forms are irregular outcomes of their Anglo-French sources (see: note at {tone:1|tone:1}). In the case of tune, the vowel nucleus see:ms to have fallen together with the outcomes of the French diphthong ui, as in {june|June} and {puny|puny}.;

    [Noun]  | "show tune" 


    1: a song from a musical

    [Verb]  | "tune" 


    1: to adjust in musical pitch or cause to be in tune

    2: to bring into harmony : attune

    3: to adjust for precise functioning —often used with up

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Derivative of {see: |tune:1|tune:1};

    [Verb]  | "au*to-tune" | \ ˈȯ-ˌtō-ˌt(y)ün \


    1: to adjust or alter (a recording) with Auto-Tune software especially to correct sung notes that are out of tune

    Origin: 1997 ;

     Auto-Tune, trademark for a signal processor;

    [Verb]  | "fine-tune" | \ ˈfīn-ˈtün \


    1: to adjust precisely so as to bring to the highest level of performance or effectiveness

    2: to improve through minor alteration or revision

    3: to stabilize (an economy) by small-scale fiscal and monetary manipulations

    Origin: 1959 ;

    [Verb]  | "tune in" 


    1: to listen to or view a broadcast of

    2: to listen to or view a broadcast

    3: to associate oneself with what is happening or one's surroundings

    Origin: 1913 ;

    [Verb]  | "tune out" 


    1: to become unresponsive to : ignore

    2: to dissociate oneself from what is happening or one's surroundings

    Origin: 1908 ;

    [Adjective]  | "loony tunes" 


    1: loony

    Origin: 1971 ;

    [Verb]  | "tunes" 


    [Verb]  | "tunes out" 


    [Verb]  | "fine-tunes" 


    1: to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right;


      * e.g., " ... fine-tune a TV set "




    [Verb]  | "fine-tune" 


    1: to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right;


      * e.g., " ... fine-tune a TV set "




    [Noun]  | "tunes" 


    1: a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect;


      * e.g., " ... hummed a little tune while I sorted the laundry "



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    [Noun]  | "tune" 


    1: a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect;


      * e.g., " ... hummed a little tune while I sorted the laundry "




    2: a state of consistency;


      * e.g., " ... your negative assessment of the restaurant seems to be in tune with the opinions of the critics "



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    3: an approximate amount, extent, or degree;


      * e.g., " ... retail rents on the fashionable street can run to the tune of $100,000 a year "



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    [Adjective]  | "loony tunes" 


    1: showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment;


      * e.g., " ... Nobody could tell whether she was serious with that loony tunes idea she put forward.  "




     [ "tunes" ]

    1: Songs or music that can be on any format such as radio, tape, or cd.

      * e.g.,  ... Why don't you pop in some tunes to listen to? 

     [ "In Tune" ]

    1: Knowing What’s Going On

      * e.g.,  ... “They Planning On An Indictment” 

     [ "tuning" ]

    1: The step before dating, usually at this stage both people are aware they like each other but choose to get to know each other/flirt first. Probably the cutest and funnest stage. WARNING: lack of official relationship may cause one of the people involved in tuning to believe dating/hooking up/tuning with others is acceptable.

      * e.g.,  ... cameron: "oi bra, who you tuning?" 

     [ "tuning" ]

    1: Chatting up in a flirtatious manner to advance towards a sexual or romantic relationship

      * e.g.,  ... Me: He cheated on me. 

     [ "tuning" ]

    1: the process that comes before getting into a chicks pants. also can be the process of flirting

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: what are you doing man? 

     [ "on the tune" ]

    1: going out with someone you like but not yet in a relationship hence being 'on the tune'

      * e.g.,  ... Clara: Im on the tune with John 

     [ "Tune" ]

    1: Tune, pronounced TUUUUUNNEE, means that a really well known, good song is being played.

      * e.g.,  ... A song comes on the radio. 

     [ "tune" ]

    1: To flirt and attempt to get a girl to be attracted to you. Has no real derivation, but I sometimes think of it as tuning the girl to your station, not disimilar from a radio.

      * e.g.,  ... "I've been tuning Kate lately." 

     [ "tune" ]

    2: The act of 'tuning' ceases the moment you kiss the girl or a relationship is formed.

      * e.g.,  ... "Let's go for a tune mission." 

     [ "tune" ]

    3: A 'tune mission' is going for a walk, mission or outing with the aim of meeting, tuning and hopefully scoring with hot chicks.

     [ "to the tune of" ]

    1:  Set to the musical composition of.

      * e.g.,  ...  When I heard Weird Al Yankovich's lyrics to the tune of "Beat It", I decided that maybe MTV really was a worthless tool of Satan. 

     [ "to the tune of" ]

    2:  Used to mean "approximately", or "in the general range of", but usually only when talking about large sums of money.

      * e.g.,  ...  Right: So then I had to pay something to the tune of $5,000 for a new one. 

     [ "Tuned In" ]

    1: Phrase used in Manchester to describe someone who has been beaten up, usually in football or gang related violence.

      * e.g.,  ... That lad and his mates got proper Tuned In after the match, there was blood everywhere. 

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