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Tune

A sound; a note; a tone.

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Broader term 8

Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Adjustment 76% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Alteration 76% connected

The act of altering or making different.

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Modification 76% connected

The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

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Music 76% connected

The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Fanfare 76% connected

A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

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Flourish 76% connected

To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.

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Glissando 76% connected

A gliding effect; gliding.

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Idea 76% connected

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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Leitmotif 76% connected

See Leading motive, under Leading, a.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Roulade 76% connected

A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.

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Signature 76% connected

A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

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Theme 76% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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Tucket 76% connected

A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare.

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Voice 76% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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Manner of action 2

Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Tweak 76% connected

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.

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Derivationally related 4

Tuner 74% connected

One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.

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Tuner 74% connected

One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.

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Tuning 74% connected

of Tune

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Tuning 74% connected

of Tune

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Phrase 70% connected

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…

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Synonym 4

Air 92% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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Line 92% connected

Flax; linen.

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Melody 92% connected

A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strain 92% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Antonym 2

Untune 94% connected

To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

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Untune 94% connected

To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

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