TUNE


Meaning of TUNE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ little

He hummed a little ~ as he washed the dishes.

▪ good , great , nice

▪ happy , jaunty , lively , merry , upbeat , uplifting

▪ haunting , melancholy , sad

▪ classic , familiar , favourite/favorite , old , popular , traditional , well-known

a collection of classic ~s

▪ catchy ( informal ), memorable

▪ dance , show

▪ folk , jazz , pop , etc.

an old jazz ~

▪ hymn

▪ signature ( BrE ), theme ( esp. BrE )

VERB + TUNE

▪ hum , play (sb) , sing , whistle

He softly hummed the ~ to himself.

She played us a ~ on the piano.

▪ spin ( informal )

DJs spinning the coolest ~s

▪ hum along with , sing along with

▪ compose , write

▪ pick out

The kids were picking out a ~ on the old piano.

▪ carry , hold

He wasn't allowed in the choir because he couldn't hold a ~.

PHRASES

▪ to the ~ of sth

The crowd were singing ‘Give us jobs!’ to the ~ of ‘Happy Birthday’.

II.

verb

1 adjust an engine, a machine, etc.

ADVERB

▪ perfectly , precisely

▪ carefully , properly

PREPOSITION

▪ to

PHRASES

▪ finely ~d , highly ~d

a finely ~d engine

2 adjust a TV, radio, etc.

ADVERB

▪ permanently

His radio was permanently ~d to Radio KVB.

▪ automatically

Most phones will automatically ~ to the strongest network signal.

▪ regularly

Ten million people regularly ~ in to see his show.

▪ in

Don't forget to ~ in to our special news coverage this evening.

PREPOSITION

▪ for , into

200 000 people ~ into the station each week.

▪ to

I ~d to the BBC for the late news.

PHRASES

▪ badly ~d

He heard everything through a screen of interference, like on a badly ~d radio.

▪ stay ~d

Stay ~d for the news.

Tune is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ engine , ↑ guitar , ↑ harp , ↑ instrument , ↑ piano , ↑ radio , ↑ string , ↑ violin

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .