to the tune of
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Roughly; about; to the approximate sum or extent of.
Example Sentences
- "The lyrics were written to the tune of "Amazing Grace"."
- "She wasn’t the only one pondering that question; it was a sentiment that would be echoed in a post by the TikTok musician Boy Jr in August, who – to the tune of Video Killed the Radio Star – told her 300,000 followers that the very platform she was posting from had, along with streaming services and algorithms, “killed the bridge in pop songs”."
- "The damage that he did to his car was to the tune of two grand."
- "It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand."
- "The traditional physician in Astoria who overtreated me for a case of syphilis six and a half years ago to the tune of twelve penicillin shots plus three weeks' worth of penicillin pills."
- "It boasts Hollywood royalty such as Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, was backed to the tune of $200m by tech behemoth Apple and has earned the kind of reviews that generate Oscar buzz."