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Definition of 'tenor'English
Alternative forms
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Noun
( en-noun)
(archaic|music) Musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus'' and ''contratenor altus , who perform countermelodies.
(obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
* Gray
- Along the cool sequestered vale of life / They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
(music) 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.
Tone, as of a conversation.
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(linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
(finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
Stamp; character; nature.
* Dryden
- This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor .
(legal) 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.
- (Bouvier)
That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
* Shakespeare
- When it [the bond] is paid according to the tenor .
* Spart
- Does not the whole tenor of the divine law positively require humility and meekness to all men?
Derived terms
* Old Tenor, Middle Tenor, New Tenor
Coordinate terms
* (voice types) soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
Adjective
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of or pertaining to the tenor part or range
- He has a tenor voice.
Anagrams
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