0 a series of musical notes, especially one that is pleasant and easy to remember:
1 If you are in tune with people or ideas, you understand or agree with them, and if you are out of tune with them, you do not:
3 a tune-up
4 to change a part of a musical instrument so that the instrument produces the correct sounds when played:
5 to move the controls on a radio, television, etc. so that it receives programmes broadcast from a particular station:
Press this button and the video will automatically tune itself to the next channel.
His radio is constantly tuned to KROQ-FM, the local rock station.
6 to make slight changes to an engine so that it works as well as possible:
7 a series of musical notes, esp. one that is pleasant and easy to remember; a melody:
That’s a very pretty tune.
8 the state of being adjusted to the correct pitch (= degree to which a musical note is high or low) :
9 to adjust a musical instrument so the sounds produced are the correct pitch (= degree to which the sound is high or low):
10 to move the controls on a radio or television set so that it receives programs broadcast from a particular station:
11 to change the setting of particular parts of an engine so that it works as well as possible:
12 if a person or organization is in tune with people or ideas, they are able to understand them:
These new products are in tune with the requirements of a younger market.
His approach to HR is in tune with the new management policies.
13 used to talk about how much something costs:
The organization is funded by the UN to the tune of $30 million.
The company is in debt to the tune of several million Euros.
14 to make small improvements to something so that it is as good as possible for a particular purpose:
The project deals with tuning and optimising database performance for a leading UK charity.
They provide finely tuned teaching support appropriate to pupils' individual needs.
The band played a familiar tune that had everyone clapping along.
As a songwriter, he combined great linguistic felicity with an ear for a tune.
I've forgotten how that tune goes - could you hum it for me?
With her words she helplessly returns to the past, but she can't recall the right tunes any more.
Extensive integration field beyond the classical receptive field of cat's striate cor tical neurons- classification and tuning proper ties.
All the parties are over, and the tune takes its form as reminiscence.
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