tenor

The general course or character of something: synonym: tendency.

The word, phrase, or subject with which the vehicle of a metaphor is identified, as life in

The general meaning; the purport or drift.

The highest natural adult male voice.

One who sings this part.

An instrument that sounds within this range.

A vocal or instrumental part written within this range.

General, usual, or prevailing course or direction.

General course or drift of a thought, saying, discourse, or the like; that course of thought or meaning which holds on or runs through a whole discourse, treatise, statute, or the like; general purport; substance.