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  • 11tune up — {v.} 1a. To adjust (a musical instrument) to make the right sound. * /Before he began to play, Harry tuned up his banjo./ 1b. To adjust a musical instrument or a group of musical instruments to the right sound. * /The orchestra came in and began… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 12Tune — bezeichnet im Englischen allgemein eine Melodie oder Weise. Speziell im Bereich des keltischen Folks ist Tune ein Oberbegriff für jegliche Melodie, insbesondere für Instrumentalstücke (meist Tanzstücke) im Unterschied zum gesungenen Lied (engl.… …

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  • 13tune up — (v.) bring to a state of effectiveness, 1718, in ref. to musical instruments, from TUNE (Cf. tune) (v.) + UP (Cf. up). Attested from 1901 in ref. to engines. Tune up (n.) event that serves as practice for a later one is a U.S. sporting coinage… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 14tune — [n1] melody, harmony air, aria, carol, chorus, composition, concert, consonance, descant, diapason, ditty*, harmony, jingle, lay, measure, melodia, motif, number, piece, song, strain, theme, warble; concepts 264,595 Ant. silence tune [n2]… …

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  • 15tune up — tune [n1] melody, harmony air, aria, carol, chorus, composition, concert, consonance, descant, diapason, ditty*, harmony, jingle, lay, measure, melodia, motif, number, piece, song, strain, theme, warble; concepts 264,595 Ant. silence tune [n2]… …

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  • 16Tune —   [englisch/amerikanisch, tjuːn; wörtlich »Melodie, Lied, Weise«], wird in verschiedenen musikalisch historischen Zusammenhängen verwendet, z. B. Popular Tune (bekannte Melodie, beliebtes Stück), Signature Tune (Erkennungsmelodie) …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 17tune — (n.) late 14c., a musical sound, a succession of musical notes, unexplained variant of TONE (Cf. tone). Meaning state of being in proper pitch is from mid 15c.; the verb in this sense is recorded from c.1500. Non musical meaning to adjust an… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 18Tune — Tune, v. i. 1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. [1913 Webster] Whilst tuning to the water s fall, The small birds sang to her. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 19Tune Up — steht für: Tune Up!, ein Projekt von DJ Manian TuneUp Utilities, eine Systemsoftware der deutschen Firma TuneUp Software GmbH Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeic …

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  • 20tune-up — n [singular] 1.) the process of making small changes to an engine so that it works as well as possible 2.) an occasion that someone uses as preparation for a more important occasion ▪ He is treating the semi finals as a tune up …

    Dictionary of contemporary English