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Meaning of 'tenor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tenor [ n.]
- A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- Stamp; character; nature.
- 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.
- 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.
- A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.

Meaning of 'tenor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tenor [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the general meaning or substance of an utterance
Example in sentence:
  • although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument
Meaning (2):
- a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
Example in sentence:
  • nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways
3 . tenor [ s]
Meaning (3):
- (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass
Example in sentence:
  • a tenor sax
Meaning (4):
- of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice
Example in sentence:
  • tenor voice

Nearby Words:

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