intransitive musicSound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬if a group of musicians tune up, they make small changes to their instruments so that they can play well together
Synonyms and related words
Playing, performing and arranging music
accompany
arrange
articulation
3
intransitive to prepare for an event or a situation
tune up for:
The team is tuning up for another busyseason.
Synonyms and related words
To make plans or arrangements
plan
arrange
organize
tune up
phrasal verb
Other entries for this word
tune up
tune-upnoun
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
tune up
he/she/it
tunes up
present participle
tuning up
past tense
tuned up
past participle
tuned up
DEFINITIONS3
1
intransitive musicSound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬if a group of musicians tune up, they make small changes to their instruments so that they can play well together
Synonyms and related words
Playing, performing and arranging music
accompany
arrange
articulation
2
transitive music same as tune
He was in the next room, tuning up his guitar.
3
intransitive to prepare for an event or a situation