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▸ noun: A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
▸ noun: (archaic, music) A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
▸ noun: The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
▸ noun: Tone, as of a conversation.
▸ noun: (obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
▸ noun: (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
▸ noun: (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
▸ noun: Stamp; character; nature.
▸ noun: (law) 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.
▸ noun: That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
▸ noun: (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.
▸ adjective: Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
Similar:
high-pitched,
high,
strain,
tenor voice,
baritone,
tenor clef,
tenoroon,
counter tenor,
countertenor,
tenor saxophone,
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Types:
lyric tenor,
dramatic tenor,
spinto tenor,
heldentenor,
leggero tenor,
countertenor,
baritenor,
Mozart tenor,
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