tenor

  1. Noun.  (archaic, music) Musical part or section that '''holds''' or performs the main melody, as opposed to the ''contratenor bassus'' and ''contratenor altus'', who perform countermelodies.
  2. Noun.  (music) Musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
  3. Noun.  A person, instrument(,) or group that performs in the tenor (gloss, higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
  4. Noun.  Tone, as of a conversation.
  5. Noun.  (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
  6. Adjective.  of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.

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