tenor

1. n. A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career. Source: opted

2. n. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding. Source: opted

3. n. Stamp; character; nature. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it. Source: opted

7. adj. (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass Source: wordnet

8. adj. of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice Source: wordnet

9. n. the adult male singing voice above baritone Source: wordnet

10. n. the pitch range of the highest male voice Source: wordnet

11. n. an adult male with a tenor voice Source: wordnet

12. n. a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life Source: wordnet

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