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   tenor

   /ˈtɛnə/

   noun

   • 1. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range: "the Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings"
   • ▪ a singer with a tenor voice.
   • ▪ a part written for a tenor voice: "several members of the party had been able to put in the tenor and the bass"
   • 2. an instrument, especially a saxophone, trombone, tuba, or viol, of the second or third lowest pitch in its family: "a tenor sax"
   • ▪ the largest and deepest bell of a ring or set.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin, based on tenere ‘to hold’; so named because the tenor part was allotted (and therefore ‘held’) the melody.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   Tenor can mean a male singer with a high voice, a musical instrument with the same range, or the general character or pattern of something. Learn more about the different meanings and uses of tenor with examples and collocations.

   • Znaczenie Tenor, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     tenor definicja: 1. a male singer with a high voice, or...

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     TENOR meaning: 1. a male singer with a high voice, or...

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word tenor, from singing voice to musical part to drift of meaning. See examples, synonyms, etymology, and related articles.

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   Tenor definition: the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.. See examples of TENOR used in a sentence.

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   Tenor can mean a male singer with a high voice, a musical instrument with the same range, or the general character or pattern of something. Learn more about the word tenor, its pronunciation, collocations and translations.

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   Tenor can mean the highest natural adult male voice, the general course or character of something, or the word or phrase with which a metaphor is identified. Find synonyms, related terms, and usage examples for tenor in music, law, finance, and more.

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   Think of a tenor as a tone — in music, it's the range between baritone and alto in the human voice or in an instrument such as a tenor saxophone. It also is the "tone" or meaning of a spoken comment.