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Meaning of tenor | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈtɛ.nɔr]

Definitions

  1. a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding
    declension-3, masculine
  2. a line of reasoning, point, gist of an utterance in so far as it decides legal questions whether individually or generally, a provision (either its wording or its meaning)
    declension-3, masculine
  3. a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)
    declension-3, masculine
  4. a seisin
    Medieval-Latin, declension-3, masculine

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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