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Tenor
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(tenors) 1. A tenor is a male singer whose voice is fairly high. N-COUNT: oft N n 2. A tenor saxophone or other musical instrument has a range of notes that are of a fairly low pitch. ...one of the best tenor sax players ever. ADJ 3. The tenor of something is the general meaning or mood that it expresses. (FORMAL) The whole tenor of discussions has changed... N-SING: with poss
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English tenour, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~ uninterrupted course, from tenere to hold — more at thin Date: 14th century 1. a. the drift of something spoken or written ; purport b. an exact copy of a writing ; transcript c. the concept, object, or person meant in a metaphor 2. a. the melodic line usually forming the cantus firmus in medieval music b. the voice part next to the lowest in a 4-part chorus c. the highest natural adult male singing voice; also a person having this voice d. a member of a family of instruments having a range next lower than that of the alto 3. a continuance in a course, movement, or activity 4. habitual condition ; character Synonyms: see tendency II. adjective Date: 1522 relating to or having the range or part of a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 a a singing-voice between baritone and alto or counter-tenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range. b a singer with this voice. c a part written for it. 2 a an instrument, esp. a viola, recorder, or saxophone, of which the range is roughly that of a tenor voice. b (in full tenor bell) the largest bell of a peal or set. 3 (usu. foll. by of) the general purport or drift of a document or speech. 4 (usu. foll. by of) a settled or prevailing course or direction, esp. the course of a person's life or habits. 5 Law a the actual wording of a document. b an exact copy. 6 the subject to which a metaphor refers (opp. VEHICLE 4). Phrases and idioms tenor clef Mus. a clef placing middle C on the second highest line of the staff. Etymology: ME f. AF tenur, OF tenour f. L tenor -oris f. tenere hold ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
сущ. 1) направление 2) содержание (документа) 3) срок действия (векселя) Syn: term TENOR 1) содержание; смысл 2) текст документа; копия ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. направление; развитие; движение the even tenor of life —- спокойное течение жизни 2. смысл, содержание tenor of a speech —- смысл речи the full tenor of his words —- подлинный смысл его слов according to the tenor of the charter —- в соответствии с духом устава in keeping with the tenor of the entire novel —- в соответствии с содержанием всего романа 3. качество, характер; состояние; образ, уклад of the same tenor —- однотипный 4. редк. склад ума 5. текст документа 6. копия, дубликат 7. достоинство банкноты 8. срок действия ценной бумаги или чека 9. горн. содержание (руды) 10. муз. тенор (голос, музыкальная партия или певец) operatic tenor —- оперный тенор tenor voice —- теноровый голос, тенор tenor violin —- альт (инструмент) tenor clef —- теноровый ключ soprano Jessye Norman and tenor James McCracken —- Джесси Норман, сопрано, и Джеймс МакКракен, тенор ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun 1) течение, направление; развитие 2) общее содержание, смысл речи, статьи и т.п. 3) копия; дубликат 4) mining содержание руды II noun mus. 1) тенор 2) attr. теноровый ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a man with a singing voice that can reach the range of notes just below the lowest woman's voice (the famous tenor, Luciano Pavarotti) 2 the part of a piece of music this person sings (Can you sing the tenor?) 3 a musical instrument with the same range of notes as the singer 4 the tenor of a) formal the general way in which an event or process takes place (The general tenor of the debate was stressful.) b) the general meaning of something written or spoken (the theological tenor of his speech) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 13c., "general meaning, purpose, drift," from O.Fr. tenour "substance, sense," from L. tenorem (nom. tenor) "contents, course," originally "a holding on," from tenere "to hold." The sense in music is c.1388, because the sustained melody (canto fermo) was carried by the tenor's part. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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