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tuned

/tjuːnd/

tuned is the simple past and past participle of tune.

Meaning of tune

Verb

tune (third-person singular simple present tunes, present participle tuning, simple past and past participle tuned)

  1. To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
    • to tune a piano or a violin
  2. To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
    • Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.
  3. To adjust the frequency of a transmitter or receiver, such as on a radio or TV transmitter or receiver, so as to send or receive an electromagnetic signal through a desired frequency band or channel.
    • Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.
    Synonyms:
    tune in
  4. Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
    • My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.
  5. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
    • [H]ee hath incurred the euerlaſting diſpleaſure of the King, who had euen tun'd his bounty to ſing happineſſe to him.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    1. (slang) To produce a particular quality of voice by adjusting singing voice synthesis software.
      • […] Those who are highly skilled in manipulating the Vocaloid technology—e.g., tuning Miku's singing voices—arrange existing[…]2017 August 10, Keisuke Yamada, Supercell's Supercell featuring Hatsune Miku, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN

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Adjective

tuned

  1. Adjusted in pitch or resonance.
    • The tuned wind chimes sounded almost like they were playing a melody.

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Phrases with tuned

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Questions about tuned

What does tuned mean?
Tuned means adjusted in pitch or resonance.
What is tuned the simple past and past participle of?
Tuned is the simple past and past participle of tune.
What part of speech is tuned?
Tuned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tuned?
Tuned is pronounced /tjuːnd/.

Words near tuned in the dictionary

  1. tuneably
  2. tuneage
  3. Tunebo
  4. tunebook
  5. tunebooks
  6. tuned
  7. tuned down
  8. tuned in
  9. tuned mass damper
  10. tuned mass dampers
  11. tuned out

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