tune

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch

   They cannot sing in tune.

2. 2
   verb

   adjust the pitches of musical instruments

   My piano needs to be tuned.

3. 3
   verb

   adjust for (better) functioning

   tune the engine

4. 4
   noun

   A melody.

   Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.

5. 5
   noun

   The act of tuning or maintenance.

   Your engine needs a good tune.

6. 6
   noun

   The state or condition of being correctly tuned.

   Your engine is now in tune.

7. 7
   noun

   A sound; a note; a tone.

   Pray you now, if it may the ſtand with the tune of your voices, that I may bee Conſull, I haue heere the Cuſtomarie Gowne.

8. 8
   noun

   Order; harmony; concord.

   A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he […] is dragged unwillingly to [his task].

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.