tenor noun
1 male singing voice/singer
ADJ. celebrated, famous, great | high | operatic
VERB + TENOR sing We persuaded Jake to sing tenor (= sing the tenor part).
TENOR + VERB sing Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.
TENOR + NOUN voice | part, solo | register
2 atmosphere/feeling
ADJ. even Nothing ever changes the even tenor of life in our village. | general, whole The whole tenor of the meeting was very positive.
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