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1. (n.) tenor
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
2. tenor
continuous course, progress, or movement:
nothing to disturb the even tenor of our lives.
3. tenor
the adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor.
4. tenor
a part sung by or written for such a voice.
5. tenor
a singer with such a voice.
6. tenor
an instrument corresponding in compass to this voice, esp. the viola.
7. tenor
the lowest-toned bell of a peal.
8. tenor
quality, character, or condition.
9. (adj.) tenor
of, pertaining to, or having the compass of a tenor.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME ten(o)ur < AF < ML, L: course, continuity, tone =ten(ēre) to hold +-or -or1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tenor, tenor voice
the adult male singing voice above baritone
2. (noun) tenor
the pitch range of the highest male voice
3. (noun) tenor
an adult male with a tenor voice
4. (noun) tenor
a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
"nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"
5. (adj) tenor, strain
the general meaning or substance of an utterance
"although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"
6. (adj) tenor
(of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass
"a tenor sax"
7. (adj) tenor
of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice
"tenor voice"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tenor
a state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career
2. (noun) tenor
that course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding
3. (noun) tenor
stamp; character; nature
4. (noun) tenor
an exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument
5. (noun) tenor
the higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary
6. (noun) tenor
a person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it
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Sense: (a man with) a singing voice of the highest normal pitch for an adult male.
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 Afrikaans: tenoor |
 Arabic: أعْلى أصوات الرِّجال في ا |
 Bulgarian: тенор |
 Brazilian: tenor |
 Czech: tenor |
 German: der Tenor |
 Danish: tenor |
 Greek: τενόρος |
 Spanish: tenor |
 Estonian: tenor |
 Farsi: تنور |
 Finnish: tenori |
 French: ténor |
 Hebrew: טֶנוֹר |
 Hindi: गति |
 Croatian: tenor |
 Hungarian: tenor(ista) |
 Indonesian: tenor |
 Icelandic: tenórsöngvari |
 Italian: tenore |
 Japanese: テノール |
 Korean: 테너 |
 Lithuanian: tenoras |
 Latvian: tenors |
 Malay: tenor |
 Dutch: tenor |
 Norwegian: tenor |
 Polish: tenor |
 Portuguese: tenor |
 Romanian: tenor |
 Russian: тенор |
 Slovak: tenor |
 Slovenian: tenor |
 Serbian: tenor |
 Swedish: tenor |
 Thai: เสียงสูงสุดของผู้ชาย |
 Turkish: tenor (sesi/çalgısı) |
 Taiwanese: 男高音 |
 Ukrainian: тенор |
 Urdu: سُر ميں گانے والا |
 Vietnamese: giọng nam cao |
 Chinese: 男高音 |
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