tune
noun
a succession of musical sounds forming a melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
tuned
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past participleof tune.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof tune.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tunenouna succession of musical sounds forming a melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
Example Sentences
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Despite the early hour in Japan, thousands of people tuned into the live stream, posting messages of encouragement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
For Blow, creating his own engine in this language meant he could build something "tuned and authored very specifically" to what he wanted to make.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Since Singapore joined F1’s schedule in 2008, the brains behind the finely tuned machines at the likes of Ferrari and McLaren have brought that same optimization to jet lag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
One is indirect, based on predictions of our cosmological model tuned to match the patterns in the cosmic microwave background, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
It sounded as if they had tuned to a news broadcast.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
