TENOR
\tˈɛnə], \tˈɛnə], \t_ˈɛ_n_ə]\
Definitions of TENOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
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That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
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Stamp; character; nature.
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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.
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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.
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A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
By Oddity Software
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A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
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That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
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Stamp; character; nature.
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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.
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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.
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A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
By Noah Webster.
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Usual manner; general tendency or drift; as, the tenor of his conversation; purport; the highest of adult male voices; a part written for this voice; one who sings the part written for the highest adult male voice, or the instrument that plays it.
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Pertaining to, or adapted for, the highest adult male voice.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Continuity of state: general run of currency: purport: the higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males: the part next above the bass in a vocal quartette: one who sings tenor.
By Daniel Lyons
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General course; purport; highest adult male voice; in mus., part between bass and alto; one who sings tenor.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Continued run or currency; whole course or strain; stamp; character; purport; general drift; the higher and most common natural pitch of a man's voice in singing; the part of a tune adapted to this pitch of voice; the person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that plays it. Tenor-bass voice, the second species of the male voices, reckoning from the bass, or deepest. Tenor-clef, the C clef, when placed on the fourth line of the stave.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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General run or currency; character; stamp; purport; sense contained; general course or drift.
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The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; the middle part next above the bass in a piece of music arranged for four voices; the persons who sing the tenor, or the instrument that plays it.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] Continuity of state; manner of continuance; constant mode; general currency ;-the general drift, course, or direction of thought ; purport; intent; general meaning;-stamp; character. The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males ;-hence, the part of a tune adapted to this voice ;-a person who sings the tenor ;-also, an instrument which plays the part, used adjectively, as tenor violin, tenor trombone, &c.;- an exact copy of a writing set forth in the words and figures of it.
