tuning
Meaning of tuning
verb
- To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
to tune a piano or a violin
- To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible.
- To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.
- (e.g. of senses or faculties) To adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.
- To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
- To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
- To give a certain tone or character to.
- To sing with melody or harmony.
- To cheek; to be impudent towards.
Are you tuning me?
noun
Action of the verb to tune.
Information about tuning
- The plural form of tuning is: tunings.
- Languages in which tuning is used:
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Hyphenation of tuning
tun-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- tuning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of tuning
- French: accord
- Italian: sintonia, sintonizzazione
- Spanish: sintonización
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