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retune

retune verb: to tune again.

Verb

retune (third-person singular simple present retunes, present participle retuning, simple past and past participle retuned)

  1. To tune again.
    • After the long first movement, the orchestra had to retune.

Forms of retune

third-person singular presentretunes
present participleretuning
past participleretuned
pastretuned

Origin of retune

From re- + tune.

Words formed from retune

Questions about retune

What does retune mean?
Retune means to tune again.
What part of speech is retune?
Retune is a verb.
What is the past tense of retune?
The past tense of retune is retuned.

Words near retune in the dictionary

  1. retunable
  2. retund
  3. retunded
  4. retunding
  5. retunds
  6. retune
  7. retuned
  8. retuner
  9. retuners
  10. retunes
  11. retuning

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