tune: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with T · ends with E
Meaning of tune
noun
- countable, uncountable
A melody.
Example: Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.
- countable, uncountable
A song, or short musical composition.
- countable, informal, uncountable
The act of tuning or maintenance.
Example: Your engine needs a good tune.
- countable, uncountable
The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
Example: Your engine is now in tune.
Listed forms: tunes, chune, toon.
Source: Wiktionary — tune.
intj
- UK, slang
Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.
Example: You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!
Listed forms: chune, toon.
Source: Wiktionary — tune.
verb
To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
Example: to tune a piano or a violin
To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
Example: Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.
To adjust the frequency of a transmitter or receiver, such as on a radio or TV transmitter or receiver, so as to send or receive an electromagnetic signal through a desired frequency band or channel.
Example: Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.
Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
Example: My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.
Listed forms: tunes, tuning, tuned, chune, toon.
Source: Wiktionary — tune.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for tune.
noun
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
verb
adjust for (better) functioning
- tune up
verb
adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)
- tune up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is tune in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of tune
T(1) + U(1) + N(1) + E(1) = 4 points.
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Anagrams of tune
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from tune
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