tune
noun
a succession of musical sounds forming a melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
tunes
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pluralof tune.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof tune (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
tunenouna succession of musical sounds forming a melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
Example Sentences
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The record alternates patient mood pieces like this one with more melodic tunes with startling shifts in volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
It wriggles back into the streets aiming for friends, tunes, food.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Languid piano tunes give way to surging, keening tides of strings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
At 14 songs and 62 minutes, the album would have benefited from trimming three or four of the more generic tunes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Jasmine and Darrell and Camille walk with me down Eighth Street, past the buildings with their paint faded by the sun, brick chipping away, birds singing their tunes.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
