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Definitions for Tenor

[1] the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
[2] continuous course, progress, or movement.
[3] Rhetoric . the subject of a metaphor, as “she” in “She is a rose.” Compare vehicle(def 8) .
[4] Music . the adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor. a part sung by or written for such a voice, especially the next to the lowest part in four-part harmony. a singer with such a voice. an instrument corresponding in compass to this voice, especially the viola. the lowest-toned bell of a peal.
[5] quality, character, or condition.
[6] Music . of, relating to, or having the compass of a tenor.
[7] music 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 (as modifier ) a tenor sax
[8] general drift of thought; purpose to follow the tenor of an argument
[9] (in early polyphonic music) the part singing the melody or the cantus firmus (in four-part harmony) the second lowest part lying directly above the bass
[10] bell-ringing the heaviest and lowest-pitched bell in a ring (as modifier ) a tenor bell
[11] a settled course of progress
[12] archaic general tendency
[13] finance the time required for a bill of exchange or promissory note to become due for payment
[14] law the exact words of a deed, etc, as distinct from their effect an exact copy or transcript

Words related to Tenor

theme, tone, gist, mood, falsetto, purport, trend, course, sense, tendency, current, way, inclination, body, core, direction, run, drift, purpose, burden

Words nearby Tenor

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Origin of Tenor

1250–1300; < Medieval Latin, Latin: course, continuity, tone, equivalent to ten(ēre ) to hold + -or -or1; replacing Middle English ten(o)ur < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

Words that may be confused with Tenor

tender, tenor, tenure

Other words from Tenor

ten·or·less , adjective

Word origin for Tenor

C13 (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

Synonyms for Tenor

gist, mood, theme, tone, aim, body, burden, core, course, current, direction, drift, evolution, inclination, meat, path, pith, purport, purpose, run, sense, stuff, substance, tendency, trend, way, course of thought