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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ten•or /ˈtɛnɚ/USA pronunciation n. - the course of meaning that runs through something written or spoken;
drift:[countable]The tenor of the meeting was one of tenseness. - continuous course or movement:[countable]nothing to disturb the tenor of our lives.
- Music and Dance
- [uncountable] the adult male voice between the bass and the alto.
- [uncountable] a part sung by or written for such a voice.
- [countable] a singer with such a voice.
adj. - Music and Danceof or relating to the range of a tenor.
See -ten-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ten•or (ten′ər),USA pronunciation n. - the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken;
purport;
drift. - continuous course, progress, or movement.
- Rhetoricthe subject of a metaphor, as "she'' in "She is a rose.'' Cf. vehicle (def. 8).
- Music and Dance
- the adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor.
- a part sung by or written for such a voice, esp. the next to the lowest part in four-part harmony.
- a singer with such a voice.
- an instrument corresponding in compass to this voice, esp. the viola.
- the lowest-toned bell of a peal.
- quality, character, or condition.
adj. - Music and Danceof, pertaining to, or having the compass of a tenor.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French
- Medieval Latin, Latin: course, continuity, tone, equivalent. to ten(ēre) to hold + -or -or1; replacing Middle English ten(o)ur
- 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sense, import, content, substance, gist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tenor /ˈtɛnə/ n - the male voice intermediate between alto and baritone, having a range approximately from the B a ninth below middle C to the G a fifth above it
- a singer with such a voice
- a saxophone, horn, recorder, etc, intermediate in compass and size between the alto and baritone or bass
- general drift of thought; purpose
- a settled course of progress
- archaic general tendency
- the time required for a bill of exchange or promissory note to become due for payment
- the exact words of a deed, etc, as distinct from their effect
- an exact copy or transcript
Etymology: 13th Century (originally: general meaning or sense): from Old French tenour, from Latin tenor a continuous holding to a course, from tenēre to hold; musical sense via Italian tenore, referring to the voice part that was continuous, that is, to which the melody was assigned |