tenor
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)(music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
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(countable, uncountable)A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
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(archaic, countable, uncountable)(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.
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(countable, uncountable)The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
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(countable, uncountable)Tone, as of a conversation.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
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(countable, uncountable)(linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)(finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
- 9.
(countable, uncountable)Stamp; character; nature.
- 10.
(countable, uncountable)(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.
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(countable, uncountable)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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(colloquial, countable, uncountable)(colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
He has a tenor voice.
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ine-pro From Middle English tenour, from tenour, from Old French tenor (substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music), from Latin tenor (course, continuance; holder), from teneō (to hold). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.