tune

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For more than a century Ireland paid the piper and England called the tune--and what a tune, and with what results!

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  1. noun Music A melody, especially a simple and easily remembered one.
  2. noun Music A song.
  3. noun Music Correct pitch.
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  • The names may have changed, but the tune was the same old funeral dirge. —  Chapter One
  • For YYY's fans out there, this tune is the testament to Karen O's ability to write seemingly perfect lost-love songs. —  Eastern Echo BETA
  • If the easy-going saxophone sway of the tune was a surprising way to begin, Springsteen punctuated every note with a high-five to a fan and wasn't above a little lyric-altering pandering -- "bust this city in half" became —  FREEDOM EDEN
  • Gentle and warm like summer breeze, this tune is a love-lullaby for adults. —  Souled On (Music, Art, Politics, and Life)
  • While much of the tune is about Flo Rida hangin 'with his boys, there are also lyrics about being in a strip club and throwing money at a dancer sliding down a stripper pole - not exactlythe usual "Idol" fare. —  Pollstar Photo RSS Feed
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

melody ·  song ·  rhythm ·  hymn ·  chorus ·  ballad ·  chant ·  accent ·  chord ·  phrase ·  verse ·  theme

Used in the same contextWord Family

tune:   tunes ·  tuning ·  tuned
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, variant of tone, tone; see tone.

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  1. from Middle English tune, from Old French ton, French ton =Provencal ton =Spanish ton, tono =Italian tuono, from Latin tonus, from Greek τόνος, a tone: see tone, of which tune is a doublet.
  2. from tune, n. Cf. attune.
 

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