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Another word for tune

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Noun

  1. A pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit

      1. A brief informal letter:
      2. The characteristic vocal sound made by a songbird or other animal:
      3. The sign of a particular quality or emotion:
      1. Change in form or size, or both, resulting from stress or force
      2. A passage of music; tune; air
      3. (Music) A passage of expression; a tune or an air:
      1. The leading part, or voice, in a harmonic composition; the air
      2. The element of form having to do with the arrangement of single tones in sequence
      3. (Music) A sequence of single tones, usually in the same key or mode, to produce a rhythmic whole; often, a tune, air, or song
      1. A solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment, as in an opera.
      2. An air or melody in an opera, cantata, or oratorio, esp. for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment
      3. An air; a melody.
      1. A distinctive quality or appearance; an aura:
      2. The general environment or condition, as in attitudes and ideas:
      3. Compressed air

  2. Pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds

      1. Harmony or agreement of elements or parts; accord
      2. A pleasing combination of simultaneous musical sounds; harmony of tones
      3. Agreement; harmony; accord.
      1. Harmony in music or colour, or a harmonious combination of elements
      2. An orchestral concert.
      3. (--- Informal) A concert by a symphony orchestra
      1. (Music) The study of the structure, progression, and relation of chords.
      2. Agreement in feeling, action, ideas, interests, etc.; peaceable or friendly relations
      3. An orderly or pleasing combination of elements in a whole:
      1. (Grammar) Agreement between words in person, number, gender, or case.
      2. Harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord.
      3. Agreement; harmony
      1. (Uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
      2. Unity achieved by mutual communication of views, ideas, and opinions:
      3. (Uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
      1. Spontaneous or voluntary desire to take a certain action:
      2. A settlement or compromise between conflicting parties:
      3. Mutual agreement; harmony

  3. Harmonious mutual understanding

      1. An arrangement of parts or material in a work of art or literature, that will produce a single, harmonious effect
      2. A whole that is a combination of parts:
      3. The state or quality of being in accord; harmony:
      1. A relationship of mutual trust and respect.
      2. Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.
      3. Relationship; esp., a close or sympathetic relationship; agreement; harmony
      1. (Music) The study of the structure, progression, and relation of chords.
      2. Structure in terms of the arrangement, modulation, etc. of chords
      3. Agreement in feeling, action, ideas, interests, etc.; peaceable or friendly relations
      1. The repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends of words, as in blank and think or strong and string.
      2. Harmony or agreement of elements or parts; accord
      3. Agreement; harmony; accord.
      1. Cooperation, as of agents, circumstances, or events.
      2. Agreement in opinion.
      3. Agreement; accord
      1. An alphabetical index of all the words in a text or corpus of texts, showing every contextual occurrence of a word:
      2. An alphabetical list of the chief words used in a book or by a writer, with the passages in which they occur identified or cited
      3. Agreement; harmony
      1. (Grammar) Agreement between words in person, number, gender, or case.
      2. Harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord.
      3. Agreement; harmony
      1. Harmony of opinion; accord:
      2. The act or fact of agreeing, or of being in harmony or accord
      3. An arrangement between parties, usually resulting from a discussion, regarding a course of action.
      1. A settlement or compromise between conflicting parties:
      2. An informal agreement, as between countries
      3. Mutual agreement; harmony
Verb

  1. To utter words or sounds in musical tones

  2. To bring into accord

  3. To alter for proper functioning.

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Another word for tune

Noun
      1. A piece of light singsong verse or rhyme.
      2. The sound produced by or as if by bits of metal striking together.
      3. A short tune or verse, especially one used to advertise something.
      1. A short, simple song
      2. A simple song.
      1. One of the separate offerings in a program of music or other entertainment:
      2. A symbol or word used to represent a number.
      3. (Slang) A person or thing singled out for a particular characteristic:
      1. An object that is one member of a group or class:
      2. The quantity or size, as of cloth or wallpaper, that is manufactured as a unit
      3. Any single thing, amount, specimen, example, etc.
      1. An implicit or recurrent idea; a motif:
      2. A short essay, esp. one written as an assignment in a school course
      3. (Music) A recurring melodic element in a composition, especially a melody forming the basis of a set of variations.
      1. A group of cultivated plants or domestic animals of the same species that have distinctive characteristics but are not considered a separate breed or variety.
      2. (Taxonomy, Genetics) A line of individuals of a certain species or race, differentiated from the main group by certain qualities, often, specif., superior qualities resulting from artificial breeding
      3. Change in form or size, or both, resulting from stress or force
      1. (Music) The simultaneous sounding of two or more tones, esp. when satisfying to the ear
      2. A state of agreement or orderly arrangement according to color, size, shape, etc.
      3. A relationship in which various components exist together without destroying one another:
      1. A relatively short metrical composition for, or suitable for, singing, as a ballad or simple lyric
      2. A distinctive or characteristic sound made by an animal, such as a bird or an insect.
      3. A piece of music sung or composed for singing
      1. An air; a melody.
      2. An air or melody in an opera, cantata, or oratorio, esp. for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment
      3. A solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment, as in an opera.
      1. (Sports) A height achieved by a jump or as part of an airborne maneuver, as in skateboarding or snowboarding:
      2. This mixture with varying amounts of moisture and particulate matter, enveloping the earth; the atmosphere.
      3. The general environment or condition, as in attitudes and ideas:
      1. (Music) A rhythmically organized sequence of single tones so related to one another as to make up a particular phrase or idea.
      2. The element of form having to do with the arrangement of single tones in sequence
      3. (Music) A sequence of single tones, usually in the same key or mode, to produce a rhythmic whole; often, a tune, air, or song
Verb

Idioms:

    call the tune

    2. change-one-s-tune

    3. sing a different tune

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Sentence Examples

  • She was humming a tune I didn't recognize.

  • Even at this hour a piano was pounding out a raucous tune in one of the three saloons.

  • Singing a different tune now, are we?

  • The tune was haunting and yet somehow soothing.

  • If, the two pipes are slightly out of tune when sounded separately together they sound a common note which may be higher than that due to either alone.

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