Past tense of tune
regular verb
The past tense of tune is tuned. The past participle is also tuned.
Forms of tune
| Base form (V1) | tune /tjuːn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tuned /tjuːnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | tuned /tjuːnd/ |
| Present participle | tuning /ˈtjuːnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | tunes /tjuːns/ |
Tuned in a sentence
- My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.
- Ginsberg sang some poems from William Blake which he had "tuned".1977 April 9, Charley Shively, “Ginsberg Triumphant”, in Gay Community News, page 12
- The tuned wind chimes sounded almost like they were playing a melody.From the entry tuned
- I've just tuned my car, and now it's running like a top.From the entry run like a top
- The guitar isn't tuned properly. The bottom E is off.From the entry off
Meaning of tune
- noun A melody.
- noun A song, or short musical composition.
- noun The act of tuning or maintenance.
Questions about the past tense of tune
- What is the past tense of tune?
- The past tense of tune is tuned.
- What is the past participle of tune?
- The past participle of tune is tuned.
- Is tune a regular or irregular verb?
- Tune is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tune (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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