TENOR


Meaning of TENOR in English

I.

noun

1 male singing voice/singer

ADJECTIVE

▪ famous , great , renowned

▪ high , lyric

▪ operatic

VERB + TENOR

▪ sing

We persuaded Jake to sing ~ (= sing the tenor part) .

TENOR + VERB

▪ sing

Three celebrated ~s sang at the president's inauguration.

TENOR + NOUN

▪ aria , solo

2 atmosphere/feeling

ADJECTIVE

▪ even

Nothing ever changes the even ~ of life in our town.

▪ general , overall , whole

The whole ~ of the meeting was very positive.

II.

adj.

Tenor is used with these nouns: ↑ solo , ↑ trombone , ↑ voice

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .