tune

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
  2. noun the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
  3. noun the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

Etymology

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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Synonyms

melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase

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