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Antonyms for tune

Grammar : Noun
Spell : toon, tyoon
Phonetic Transcription : tun, tyun

Definition of tune

Origin :
  • late 14c., "a musical sound, a succession of musical notes," unexplained variant of tone. Meaning "state of being in proper pitch" is from mid-15c.
  • noun melody, harmony
  • noun agreement
Example sentences :
  • The birds feel it—and wonder at the tune that makes no noise.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The tune was familiar to her in happier days, and she listened to it with tears.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Coax him to let you teach him—and bear with him if he should sing out of tune.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The removal of the helmet for the first tune revealed the man's features.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Their bugle sang again, but Dick did not know what the tune meant.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • If he divined what was in her thoughts, his own were not in tune with it.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He laughed again, and whistled the burden of the tune he had sung at the door.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Suddenly the soft whistling of a tune came through the hot air.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • She sat down at the piano and played a tune that was popular at the time—I do not remember what.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The tune, to a learned ear, may have no great merit; but it is a great curiosity.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

Synonyms for tune

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