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Definition: Tune-up |
Tune-upNoun1. Exercising in preparation for strenuous activity. 2. Adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Tune-upSynonyms: prolusion (n), warm-up (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tune-up |
| Specialty definitions using "tune-up": AUTOMOBILE-SERVICE-STATION MECHANIC ♦ MANAGER, AUTO SPECIALTY SERVICES. (references) |
| Domain | Title | ||
Books | |||
Theater & Movies | |||
Music |
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Consumer Goods | |||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Tune-up" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tune-up" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "tune-up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 调节. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | une-uptay verificação (check, collation, control, examination, proof, proofing, reconnaissance, test, trial), direção (address, channel, conduct, control, course, direction, drift, lay, leading, line, management, march, rein, running, steering wheel, streamline, superintendence, supervision, trend, way), controle (command, control, domination, governance, grip, hand, manage, mastership), comando (behest, bidding, captaincy, charge, command, commando, conduct, energy, leadership, leading, mastery, order, power). (various references) регулировка (adjustment, regulation, tune up, tuneup, tuneups, tuning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tuneup. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-p-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: pent, punt, tune. | |
-3 letters: net, nut, pen, pet, pun, put, ten, tun, tup. | |
-4 letters: en, et, ne, nu, pe, un, up, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-p-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: tuneups. | |
+2 letters: puncture, purulent, upturned. | |
+3 letters: neptunium, punctuate, punctured, punctures, quintuple. | |
+4 letters: neptuniums, outpunched, outpunches, puberulent, punctuated, punctuates, quintupled, quintuples, quintuplet, stupendous, undisputed, unpolluted. | |
+5 letters: acupuncture, countercoup, nuncupative, pedunculate, pulverulent, quintuplets, supernature, unperturbed, unsupported, unsuspected. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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