Tenors

Word TENORS
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Definitions and meanings of "Tenors"

What do we mean by tenors?

A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.

A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.

The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.

Tone, as of a conversation.

Duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.

The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.

Time to maturity of a bond.

Stamp; character; nature.

An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.

That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

A tenor saxophone.

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The word "tenors" in example sentences

Björling was one of the few non-Latin tenors to rival the Italian dominance of the opera world at that time. ❋ Newmania (2007)

Jan 18 - PBOC allows one-year bill yields to rise more than expected, signaling it aims to shift fund drains to longer-term tenors to rein in lending and fight inflation. ❋ Moneycontrol.com [email protected] (2010)

SHANGHAI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - China's central bank signalled in its open market operation on Tuesday that its quantitative tightening was still intact but it aims to shift fund drains to longer-term tenors to rein in lending and fight inflation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And yet as funny as Ferrell is, whether delivering an inscrutable retort about lion-vs. -tuna combat or joining an inexplicable chorus of maudlin Irish tenors, the actor who kept stealing my attention was his partner, Mark Wahlberg. ❋ Unknown (2010)

'Here are the sopranos singing in G, "May the stars"; tenors, "May the stars"; tenors and sopranos, "Much pleasure send you"; basses an octave lower, "May the stars -- may stars." ❋ Unknown (1892)

2 The guy outlaws music and then names the money "tenors"? ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

SGX said that each term loan will be divided into two equal-sized tranches having tenors of three years and five years. ❋ P.R. Venkat (2011)

In a country of long-term savers, SBI is offering interest rates that are above market rates for its existing debt, and -- critically for individuals -- more than it pays on deposits of similar tenors. ❋ Harsh Joshi (2010)

His voice is pure gold, and few tenors show s much total emotional control as he does. ❋ Howard Kissel (2011)

The company would issue bonds in tenors ranging between four and 15 years, with a coupon rate of 9.50 per cent, said bond dealers. ❋ Deals India Staff (2011)

The people-scape of the world would be markedly grey without its blind tenors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yields on other tenors fell as well, with the two-year yield recently trading at the day's low of 0.264% from 0.292% late Friday. ❋ Natasha Brereton-Fukui (2011)

For every Pavarotti, there are hundreds of tenors with good, if not great, professional voices whom no one will ever hear except in small opera houses or singing restaurants — if even there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Hersch played a surprisingly tender "If Ever I Would Leave You"—surprising because the song is usually the province of bravura baritones like Robert Goulet and extrovert tenors like Sonny Rollins. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

There's a world-class shortage of tenors who can sing Siegfried. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Unforced Rossini tenors are a rare breed, and it was a treat to hear Mr. Flórez navigate the vocal extremes of the role, popping out high C's while adopting a rascally but winning demeanor. ❋ Heidi Waleson (2011)

The poetic but uneven Italian tenor Giuseppe Filianoti Don Ottavio nearly collapsed vocally in "Il mio tesoro" – a piece of exquisite time-wasting, as Ian Bostridge once observed when pondering why Mozart tenors always get short shrift, which "can do for Don Ottavio". ❋ Unknown (2011)

They quickly launched into another wicked instrumental with two tenors, a baritone, and a bass sax. ❋ Binky Philips (2010)

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