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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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   The meaning of TENOR is the highest natural adult male singing voice; also : a person having this voice. How to use tenor in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Tenor.

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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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   8 meanings: 1. music a. the male voice intermediate between alto and baritone, having a range approximately from the B a ninth.... Click for more definitions.

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    TENOR definition: a male singer with a high voice. Learn 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.