noun
- The adult male singing voice above baritone.
- synonyms: tenor voice
- The pitch range of the highest male voice.
- An adult male with a tenor voice.
- A settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life.
- usage: "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"
- The general meaning or substance of an utterance.
- usage: "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"
- synonyms: strain
adjective
- Of a musical instrument. ( intermediate between alto and baritone or bass)
- usage: "a tenor sax"
- Of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice.
- usage: "tenor voice"
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