tune
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
she was humming an air from Beethoven
Types & categories
- music hypernym
- tucket hyponym
- glissando hyponym
- roulade hyponym
- leitmotiv hyponym
- theme song hyponym
- theme song hyponym
- melodic theme hyponym
- voice hyponym
Parts & wholes
- musical phrase part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
adjust for (better) functioning
tune the engine
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
he cannot sing in tune
Types & categories
- pitch hypernym
Related & opposite
- tune derivation
Sense 4 verb
adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)
My piano needs to be tuned
Types & categories
- adjust hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
Types & categories
- modification hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | melodize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | melodic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | melodious |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | musical phrase |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | music |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tucket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glissando |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roulade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leitmotiv |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | theme song |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | theme song |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | melodic theme |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | voice |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tuning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tune-up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjust |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fine-tune |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | service |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tune in |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tune |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pitch |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | untune |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tuning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tune |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tuner |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjust |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | modification |