Usually means: Adjust to achieve desired harmony.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word tune:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. tune: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tune: Merriam-Webster
  3. tune: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tune: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tune: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tune: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tune, tune: Wordnik
  8. tune: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Tune, tune: Wiktionary
  10. tune: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tune: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tune: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tune: Dictionary.com
  14. tune (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tune: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. The Tune (flim), The Tune, Tune (folk music), Tune: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tune: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tune: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tune: Rhymezone
  20. tune: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tune: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. tune: FreeDictionary.org
  23. tune: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Tune: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TUNE: Band Terms
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tune: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tune: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Tune (music), tune: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TUNE: Acronym Finder
  2. tune: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tune, tune: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tune: The Folk File
  3. tune: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tune: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Dictionary for Avionics (No longer online)
  3. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See tuned as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A melody.
noun:  A song, or short musical composition.
noun:  (informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.
noun:  The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
noun:  (obsolete) Temper; frame of mind.
noun:  (obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
noun:  (obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
verb:  To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
verb:  To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
verb:  To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
verb:  Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
verb:  To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
verb:  To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
verb:  (transitive) To give a certain tone or character to.
verb:  (transitive) To set (lyrics) to music.
verb:  (obsolete) To sing with melody or harmony.
verb:  (transitive, South Africa, slang) To be impudent towards; to cheek.
verb:  (fandom slang) to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.)
noun:  A surname.

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