TENOR

I. noun see: thin Date: 14th century 1. the drift of something spoken or written ; purport , an exact copy of a writing ; transcript , the concept, object, or person meant in a metaphor, 2. the melodic line usually forming the cantus firmus in medieval music, the voice part next to the lowest in a 4-part chorus, the highest natural adult male singing voice, a member of a family of instruments having a range next lower than that of the alto, a continuance in a course, movement, or activity, habitual condition ; character , see: tendency II. adjective Date: 1522 relating to or having the range or part of a ~