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Definition tenor
Etymology
From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from tene? (“I hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.
Noun
tenor (countable and uncountable, plural tenors)
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- (music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- (archaic, music) A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
- The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
- Tone, as of a conversation.
- (obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
- (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
- Stamp; character; nature.
- (law) 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.
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.
Adjective
tenor (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
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