Word

tune, n.
(tunes)
freq. cnt. 12

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3

air line melodic line melodic phrase melody strain tune

sample sentences

"she was humming an air from Beethoven"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

melodious melodious melodize

semantic pointers

hyponym

flourish, fanfare, tucket glissando roulade leitmotiv, leitmotif theme song signature, signature tune, theme song theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea part, voice

hypernym

music

part meronym

phrase, musical phrase

the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
<noun.act>

tune

semantic pointers

hypernym

adjustment, alteration, modification

the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
<noun.attribute>

tune

sample sentences

"he cannot sing in tune"
"the clarinet was out of tune"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tune

semantic pointers

hypernym

pitch