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tune

/tuːn/ verbe C1

En français : accorder, syntoniser

  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.· Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible.
  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.
  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.
  6. To produce a particular quality of voice by adjusting singing voice synthesis software. (slang)
  7. 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.
  8. To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.

He/she/it tunes · Prétérit tuned · Participe passé tuned · Forme en -ing tuning

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Participe passé
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Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque

“Ay, roar well,” said Bagheera, under his whiskers, “for the time will come when this naked thing will make thee roar to another tune, or I know nothing of man.”
The Jungle Book, p. 11 · B2
Seeing he could not escape, he turned round, and said: “I know, friend Wolf, that I must be your prey, but before I die I would ask of you one favour you will play me a tune to which I may dance.” The Wolf complied, and while he was piping and the Kid was dancing, some hounds hearing the sound ran up and began chasing the Wolf.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 67 · B2
“Yes, which catches the thief in a trap and plays a tune.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 840 · C1
When someone wound it up, the golden machine sang a lovely, predictable tune.
The Emperor and the Nightingale, p. 1 · B2

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