tunes 1 of 2

noun

plural of tune
as in melodies
a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect hummed a little tune while I sorted the laundry

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tune
as in keys

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Recent Examples of tunes
Noun
Since time immemorial, people in Europe had been playing and transmitting songs and tunes, lyrics and melodies, from memory. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026 The Milwaukee Brewers are famous for playing sleeping tunes during their opponents’ pregame sessions. — Stephanie Apstein, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 Plus, new tunes from John Mayer, Dominic Fike, Michael Kiwanuka, and Haute and Freddy. — Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026 But wrap a play in too much homespun folksiness and the thing starts to feel both suffocating and, despite all the driving tunes and stomping choreography in the world, suffocated. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026 To get a sense of how very different these tunes are, read on to learn more about how the novel and film diverge—with commentary from Ishiguro himself. — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 Since their 2015 live debut on the Sunset Strip, the band has toured regularly with guitarists Depp and Perry relieving Cooper on lead vocals for a couple of Bowie and Johnny Thunders’ tunes every show. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 The tone is there on the band’s first album, 1986’s Sound of Confusion, just not quite the tunes. — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026 Most of these tunes are among the family-friendly songs that parents won’t get tired of listening to with their kids. — Stephanie Ganz Published, Parents, 18 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunes
  1. melodies
  2. keys
  3. songs
  4. adapts
  5. coordinates
Noun
  • High, Lonesome and Then Some, released in October 2025, had been a sonic experiment in slow, mellow country melodies.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Soundtracks often work in a similar way—music that’s been composed with the idea of accompaniment, melodies that are meant to join with a story already can work perfectly when one is in the midst of creating a character or scene.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of melodies
Verb
  • Saul returned several hours later, handed Octavio the car keys and left again.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
  • Percent change in enrollees −15%0%2% Use the arrow keys ↑↓←→ to navigate through the map regions.
    — Joelle Gross, NBC news, 22 June 2026
Definition of keys
Noun
  • What elevates the greatest album of all time above more standard fodder for pregames and parking-lot smoke seshes is the neon current of romance running beneath its songs.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Whiskey Riff reported that only a total of 21 country music songs have ever pulled off the accomplishment.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of songs
Verb
  • The four-stage system blocks out background noise in real time and adapts to your surroundings, giving you optimal output every single time.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Each episode adapts a different tale from author Sawamura Ichi’s collection of short horror stories.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of adapts
Verb
  • The company coordinates about 80 million orders a year for thousands of customers, according to Omair Tariq, co-founder and CEO.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The demonstration is intended to show how the system coordinates multiple actions while maintaining context throughout a task.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of coordinates

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“Tunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunes. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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