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PRONUNCIATION OF UNTUNE

untune  [ʌnˈtjuːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNTUNE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Untune is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb untune in English.

WHAT DOES UNTUNE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of untune in the English dictionary

The first definition of untune in the dictionary is to become discordant or out of tune. Other definition of untune is to make out of tune or inharmonious. Untune is also to make disordered or untuned, to render unfit, to render no longer adjusted or attuned.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNTUNE

PRESENT

Present
I untune
you untune
he/she/it untunes
we untune
you untune
they untune
Present continuous
I am untuning
you are untuning
he/she/it is untuning
we are untuning
you are untuning
they are untuning
Present perfect
I have untuned
you have untuned
he/she/it has untuned
we have untuned
you have untuned
they have untuned
Present perfect continuous
I have been untuning
you have been untuning
he/she/it has been untuning
we have been untuning
you have been untuning
they have been untuning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I untuned
you untuned
he/she/it untuned
we untuned
you untuned
they untuned
Past continuous
I was untuning
you were untuning
he/she/it was untuning
we were untuning
you were untuning
they were untuning
Past perfect
I had untuned
you had untuned
he/she/it had untuned
we had untuned
you had untuned
they had untuned
Past perfect continuous
I had been untuning
you had been untuning
he/she/it had been untuning
we had been untuning
you had been untuning
they had been untuning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will untune
you will untune
he/she/it will untune
we will untune
you will untune
they will untune
Future continuous
I will be untuning
you will be untuning
he/she/it will be untuning
we will be untuning
you will be untuning
they will be untuning
Future perfect
I will have untuned
you will have untuned
he/she/it will have untuned
we will have untuned
you will have untuned
they will have untuned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been untuning
you will have been untuning
he/she/it will have been untuning
we will have been untuning
you will have been untuning
they will have been untuning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would untune
you would untune
he/she/it would untune
we would untune
you would untune
they would untune
Conditional continuous
I would be untuning
you would be untuning
he/she/it would be untuning
we would be untuning
you would be untuning
they would be untuning
Conditional perfect
I would have untune
you would have untune
he/she/it would have untune
we would have untune
you would have untune
they would have untune
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been untuning
you would have been untuning
he/she/it would have been untuning
we would have been untuning
you would have been untuning
they would have been untuning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you untune
we let´s untune
you untune
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to untune
Past participle
untuned
Present Participle
untuning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNTUNE


attune
əˈtjuːn
autoimmune
ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn
autotune
ˈɔːtəʊˌtjuːn
choon
tjuːn
commune
kəˈmjuːn
detune
diːˈtjuːn
disattune
ˌdɪsəˈtjuːn
distune
dɪsˈtjuːn
dune
djuːn
immune
ɪˈmjuːn
importune
ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn
infortune
ɪnˈfɔːtjuːn
inopportune
ɪnˈɒpəˌtjuːn
mistune
ˌmɪsˈtjuːn
Neptune
ˈnɛptjuːn
opportune
ˈɒpəˌtjuːn
preattune
ˌpriːəˈtjuːn
retune
riːˈtjuːn
tribune
ˈtrɪbjuːn
tune
tjuːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNTUNE

untruthfully
untruthfulness
untuck
untuckered
untufted
untumbled
untumultuous
untunable
untunableness
untunably
untuneable
untuneful
untunefully
untunefulness
unturbid
unturf
unturn
unturnable
unturned
untutored

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNTUNE

befortune
call the tune
carry a tune
change one´s tune
Dame Fortune
fine-tune
fortune
give hostages to fortune
misfortune
pay the piper and call the tune
signature tune
small fortune
soldier of fortune
unfortune
wheel of fortune

Synonyms and antonyms of untune in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «untune» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNTUNE

Find out the translation of untune to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of untune from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «untune» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

untune
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

untune
570 millions of speakers

English

untune
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेसुरा करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

untune
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

untune
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

untune
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

untune
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désharmonisera
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Untune
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verstimmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

untune
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

untune
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Untune
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xuống dây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

untune
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Untune
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

untune
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

untune
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

untune
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

untune
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

untune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

untune
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontstemmen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

untune
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

untune
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of untune

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTUNE»

The term «untune» is normally little used and occupies the 119.849 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTUNE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «untune» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «untune» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about untune

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNTUNE»

Discover the use of untune in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to untune and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Untune the sky; poems of music and the dance
A collection of poems that celebrate the power of music and dance, included are poems about street musicians and teachers as well as geat performers and composers.
Helen Plotz, 1957
2
Untune the Sky: Occasional, Stammering Verse
Douglas Wilson A Untune the Sky Occasional Stammering Verse Untune the Sky Occasional Stammering Verse Untune the Sky Occasional. _ ^^^ ""* Ji.JW *J. 1 ~f' .40BS Entryway 14 White Falls 42 Motley 16 The Hollows 44 Front Cover.
Douglas Wilson, 2001
3
Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics ...
52, and Hymn A7at. 156. 62. the living die. Comp. 1 Thess. iv. 16, " Then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up," etc. 63. untune the sky. The verbal contradiction between ' Music ' and ' untune ' is very striking : the ...
Francis Turner Palgrave, William Bell, John Henry Fowler, 1896
4
Acoustic Emission: Current Practice and Future Directions
The algorithm for tune/untune judgment classifies as a rotation tuned type or untuned type using the following equation. 1-F _/Fr| < S{ (2) where F_ = frequency at the highest peak in the frequency spectrum, Fr = main frequency of the rotation ...
Wolfgang Sachse, Kusuo Yamaguchi, James Roget, 1991
5
Notes to Palgrave's Golden treasury of songs & lyrics
16, "Then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up, " etc. 63. untune the sky. The verbal contradiction between ' Music ' and ' untune ' is very striking : the meaning is that the sound of the last trumpet will put an end to ...
John Henry Fowler, 1904
6
Just Intonation and the Revitalization of Neoclassicism: ...
Chapter 5 And Music Shall Untune the Sky The model for And Music Shall Untune the Sky, scored for tenor vocalist, Baroque trumpet, Baroque cello, Baroque tympani, organ and harpsichord, is, initially, the broad genre of works for solo voice ...
Graham Elliot Figg, 2008
7
New French Dictionary
Untune. Unsteadiness, s. légèreté, indiscré- : tion, inconstance, f. Unsteady, a. inconstant, irrésolu; changeant, léger, inconséquent. Unstirred, a. non remué. Unstitch, v. a. découdre. Unstop, v. a. déboucher, ouvrir. Unstrained, a. aisé, naturel.
C. Hossfeld, 1877
8
The Enduring Vision, Volume I: To 1877
Take but degree away, untune that string, And hark, what discordfollows! Gender, wealth, inherited position, and political power defined every European's status, and few lived outside the reach of some political authority's taxes and laws.
Paul Boyer, Clifford Clark, Karen Halttunen, 2010
9
The Best Words
untune. (un-TOON) verb 1. to discompose; to upset. 2. cause to be out of tune. A celebrated musician was wont to say, that men knew not how much more he delighted himself with his playing than he did others; for if they knew, his hearers  ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
10
Leviticus as Literature
He says: The heavens themselves, the planets and this centre, Observe degree, priority and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office and custom, in all line of order Take but degree away, untune that string, And hark, what ...
The late Mary Douglas, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNTUNE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term untune is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Celebrating a singer so bad she was good
“If you can sing in tune, you can 'untune' it,” she said. “It's actually kind of fun.” Truly, Donahue said, she believes Jenkins had fun singing and people enjoyed ... «Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, Jul 15»
2
Terasē «Zaļa Zāle» Cēsīs uzstāsies Zamilska
Viņas debijas albums «Untune» dienasgaismu ieraudzīja pagājušā gada maijā un attaisnoja to cerības, kuri jau pēc pirmā singla «Quarrel» noklausīšanās bija ... «TVNET, May 15»
3
Hierarchy and Oppression
Hierarchies can be abusive, but we should fear the desolation of order as much as its abuse. Untune that string, and behold what discord follows. 0+1. 0Vote. «First Things, Jan 15»
4
Staying Untuned: Zamilska Interviewed
She'll be appearing on the opening club night courtesy of OAKE, who enthuse on their Facebook thus: "We heard her album Untune for the first time after ... «The Quietus, Jan 15»
5
Stay untuned! Das 16. CTM Festival stellt die Sinne kalt
Ausgabe des Berliner CTM Festivals unter dem Titel »Un Tune« den »körperlichen Effekten von Frequenzen, Klängen und Musik sowie deren synergistisches ... «Spex - Magazin für Popkultur, Jan 15»
6
KAMP! na moim biurku :)Foto: aut.Agnieszka Szydłowska
Untune! 27.08.2014. KAMP na moim biurku :). KAMP! na moim biurku :)Foto: aut.Agnieszka Szydłowska. KAMP! z nową Epką, premiera utworu Skalpela z ... «Polskie Radio, Aug 14»
7
Recenzja: ZAMILSKA - "Untune"
Już pierwsze przesłuchanie "Untune" wskazuje, że debiutancki album Zamilskiej faktycznie wyróżnia się na tle obecnych dokonań polskiej sceny elektronicznej. «Onet.pl, Jun 14»
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Bożek: Siła Zamilskiej
Tu, jak sądzę, kryje się też tajemnice jej popularności. Quarrel i cały jej album Untune są bowiem nie tylko muskularne i zdecydowane, ale też jakby gościnne i ... «Krytyka Polityczna, May 14»
9
POZ Review: Have A Nice Life - The Unnatural World
“Music Will Untune the Sky” comes next, and is the polar opposite of the previous song: no drums, just drones. It's like SUNN O))) took a vacation with Dead Can ... «PropertyOfZack, Feb 14»
10
Untune the Sky
THE COVER of Eyelids' debut 7-inch is a tangled family tree of the many other bands its members have played in. There's the Needful Longings, in which ... «The Portland Mercury, Feb 14»

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