tenors in English

noun

1

a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.

Your teachers were all baritones and even your tenor voice has a distinct baritonal touch to it.

2

the general meaning, sense, or content of something.

the general tenor of the debate

synonyms: sense, meaning, theme, drift, thread, import, purport, intent, intention, burden, thrust, significance, message, gist, tone, essence, substance, spirit, feel

3

a settled or prevailing character or direction, especially the course of a person's life or habits.

the even tenor of life in the kitchen was disrupted the following day

synonyms: course, direction, movement, drift, current, trend

4

the actual wording of a document.

From the tenor of the letters, it is clear to the Court that a parent dictated them.

5

the time that must elapse before a bill of exchange or promissory note becomes due for payment.

The Central Bank came into the market with term deposits for the 7, 14, 21 and 32 days tenors .

noun

sense, meaning, theme, drift, thread, import, purport, intent, intention, burden, thrust, significance, message, gist, tone, essence, substance, spirit, feel
course, direction, movement, drift, current, trend
strain

Use "tenors" in a sentence

1. Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.

2. The canzone is famous as a showcase for tenors.

3. 1 Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.

4. The three tenors were backed by the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.

5. Countertenors often are natural baritones or tenors, but rarely use this vocal range in performance

6. Drones - There are three of these pipes: one bass and two tenors, which act in harmony alongside the Chanter

7. His voice had a freshness that would make many tenors under the age of 40 go green with envy.

8. In the chorus of nineteen were six trebles from the Chapel Royal; the remainder, all men, were altos, tenors and basses.

9. Different Tenor: Each pair differed in their tenors and Ambituses or gammuts, the latter being a Guidonian term, which meant the range of the 'gamma ut', i.e

10. American bluejackets and marines are not expected to rival grand opera Barytones and tenors, but they are supposed to know how to sing “The Star Spangled Banner.”

11. ‘The scoring is for cello soloist, percussionists, Celesta, and chamber choir (six sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).’ ‘She invokes strong rhythms and uses the percussion section effectively throughout the work, including bells, piano, triangle - and Celesta.’

12. Most early Banjos were 5-string open-back styles until the early 20 th century when 4-string tenors and plectrums started being used in the popular dance bands of that era and eclipsed the 5-string

13. First, the so-called Castrati singers were, in fact, a heterogeneous group consisting of women who posed as castrated men, men with hypogonadism and/or cryptorchidism, men with intact testes who probably sang as counter tenors or falsetto, and a few singers who either had their testes removed or crushed