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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I'll find tunes I wouldn't have discovered otherwise.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Lewis, a proud Welsh speaker from Neath, started translating some of her favourite tunes in 2024, landed on the Parton classic and recorded a video of herself singing it.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
I still devour new music this way, clocking a daily average of four hours of tunes familiar and novel.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Too often, the tracks fall into an in-between space, where they’re not rhythmically interesting enough to make you want to move and don’t have the tunes to stand up as pop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The tunes were in her mind but she couldn’t figure how to write them.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
