tenor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
2. 2
   noun A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
3. 3
   noun A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
4. 4
   noun The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
5. 5
   noun Tone, as of a conversation.
6. 6
   noun Duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
7. 7
   noun The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
8. 8
   noun Time to maturity of a bond.
9. 9
   noun Stamp; character; nature.
10. 10
    noun 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.
11. 11
    noun That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
12. 12
    noun A tenor saxophone.
13. 13
    adjective Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.