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mistune

/mɪsˈtjuːn/

mistune verb: to tune wrongly.

Verb

mistune (third-person singular simple present mistunes, present participle mistuning, simple past and past participle mistuned)

  1. (transitive) To tune wrongly.
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Noun

IPA/ˈmɪstjuːn/

mistune (plural mistunes)

  1. An incorrect tuning.

Forms of mistune

Verb
third-person singular presentmistunes
present participlemistuning
past participlemistuned
pastmistuned
Noun
pluralmistunes

Origin of mistune

From mis- + tune.

Questions about mistune

What does mistune mean?
Mistune means to tune wrongly.
What part of speech is mistune?
Mistune can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce mistune?
Mistune is pronounced /mɪsˈtjuːn/.
What is the past tense of mistune?
The past tense of mistune is mistuned.

Words near mistune in the dictionary

  1. mists of time
  2. mists over
  3. mists up
  4. Mistubishi
  5. mistucked
  6. mistune
  7. mistuned
  8. mistunes
  9. mistuning
  10. mistunings
  11. misturn

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