Noun hummed a little tune while I sorted the laundry your negative assessment of the restaurant seems to be in tune with the opinions of the critics Verb The piano needs to be tuned. We tuned our bikes before the road trip. The mechanic tuned the engine. The copilot tuned the radio to hear the message. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Experts warned a strike could have wreaked havoc across the country, crippling supply chains to the tune of $2 billion a day in economic output. Rick Klein, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2022 Pittsburgh’s defense jumped all over Bengals star Joe Burrow to the tune of five turnovers in the opener. Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022 Their wealth increased to the tune of $6.5 trillion, per the Federal Reserve. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2022 The Chiefs shredded the Cardinals defense to the tune of 488 total yards and 44 points. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 BofA clients then were net buyers of U.S. equities, to the tune of $3.8 billion, for the first time in over three weeks.WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, the Colts gave the ball to running back Marlon Mack to the tune of the ninth-most carries in the league, leading to his only 1,000-yard rushing season. Dan Labbe, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 While critics won't have a chance to weigh in on The Great White Way's latest Fanny Brice for a few more weeks, Twitter reactions are rolling in and Michele is a hit — to the tune of multiple standing ovations. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2022 In 2021, flags were flying all too often — to the tune of 8 false-starts during a loss a Kentucky. Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
Verb
Ohio State will get its chance to tune up in the next two weeks against Arkansas State, a Sunbelt Conference team that finished 2-10 last year, and then Toledo. Mitch Stacy, ajc, 4 Sep. 2022 Value engineering is focused on maximizing customer ROI by investing internal resources to fine-tune the product or service to the customer’s needs. Jonathan Fianu, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 For part two, be sure to tune into tomorrow's episode of 5 Things, and check out Karen's full six part series of stories on obesity in America with a link in today's episode description. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022 Defense attorney Roya Hanna, who’s challenging Mosby in the June primary, happened to tune into the video hearing while waiting for her client’s case to be called. Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 3 Feb. 2022 This exercise uses a standing forward jump to pre-tune your lower limbs and core muscles for the powerful concentric contractions that drive acceleration.Outside Online, 29 July 2020 The lowest measured volume on the trail is fewer than 25 decibels, allowing ramblers to tune into chirping birds, humming instincts, frog calls and wind breezing through rustling leaves.CNN, 30 July 2022 The owner of a professional era-record 23 Grand Slam singles trophies, and as big a star as tennis ever has seen, is going to tune up by playing doubles at a smaller grass-court event first, teaming with Ons Jabeur at Eastbourne, England, next week. Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022 For more info and to tune into each of Fjällräven’s virtual Classics, visit classic.fjallraven.com.Outside Online, 15 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English tune, tuin, tewne "musical sound, melody, key of a musical composition," borrowed from Anglo-French tun, ton, tuentone entry 1
Note: In Middle English tune is effectively a variant of tone, but both forms are irregular outcomes of their Anglo-French sources (see note at tone entry 1). In the case of tune, the vowel nucleus seems to have fallen together with the outcomes of the French diphthong ui, as in june and puny.