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objective
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French objectif, from Latin obiect?vus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/, /?b?d???k.t?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
objective (comparative more objective, superlative most objective)
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
- Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
- (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
- (linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
- The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
Usage notes
- Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.
Antonyms
- subjective
Derived terms
- nonobjective
- objective correlative
- objectivity
Translations
Noun
objective (plural objectives)
- A material object that physically exists.
- A goal that is striven for.
- Objectives are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether that?s statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at it? – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. It?s crucial that your objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.
- (grammar) The objective case.
- Synonyms: object case, objective case
- (grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
- The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:goal
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b.??k.tiv/
- Homophone: objectives
Adjective
objective
- feminine singular of objectif
Latin
Adjective
object?ve
- vocative masculine singular of object?vus
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tenor
English
Alternative forms
- tenour (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from tene? (“I hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?n?(?)/
- Homophone: tenner
Noun
tenor (countable and uncountable, plural tenors)
- (music) 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.
- (archaic, music) 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.
- (obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Along the cool sequestered vale of life / They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
- Stamp; character; nature.
- This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor.
- (law) 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- 1832, Caroline Wilson, The Listener
- He would have learned , by the whole tenor of the divine law , and especially by the example of the absent Lord , whose property he was for a season trusted with , that he was to do as much good to humanity , and win as much glory to God, as was compatible with the measure of his trust, and for the time for which he might retain it.
- 1832, Caroline Wilson, The Listener
- (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.
Coordinate terms
- (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female, decreasing in pitch); countertenor, baritone, bass (male, decreasing in pitch)
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
tenor (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.
- He has a tenor voice.
- 2009, Richard Smith, Can't You Hear Me Calling: The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass, Da Capo Press ?ISBN
- Sometimes Charlie would sing notes that were more tenor than original melody, forcing Bill to sing a high baritone-style line.
- 2012, Lily George, Captain of Her Heart, Harlequin ?ISBN, page 173
- The door swung open, and a masculine voice—a little more tenor than Brookes's bass tones—called, “Brookes, come in. Do you have your colleague with you?”
- 2015, Michael J. Senger Sr., The Connection, Lulu Press, Inc ?ISBN
- Kahn was not a big man and he had a voice that was a little more tenor than most preferred.
Translations
See also
- tenor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tenor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Norte, Toner, Trone, noter, toner, torne, trone
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin tenor, ten?rem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /t??no/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /te?no?/
Noun
tenor m (plural tenors)
- tone, tendency
- tenor
Related terms
- tenir
Further reading
- “tenor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
Latin teneo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?nor]
Noun
tenor m
- tenor (musical range)
Related terms
Further reading
- tenor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- tenor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?no?r/, [te?no???]
Noun
tenor c (singular definite tenoren, plural indefinite tenorer)
- tenor (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the tenor range)
Declension
Further reading
- “tenor” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “tenor” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tenore, from Medieval Latin tenor or Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??n?r/
- Hyphenation: nor
- Rhymes: -?r
Noun
tenor m (plural tenoren or tenors)
- tenor
Derived terms
- contratenor
Ido
Verb
tenor
- future infinitive of tenar
Indonesian
Etymology
- From Dutch tenor, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
- Semantic loan from English tenor for sense of time to maturity of a bond.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?n?r]
- Hyphenation: tè?nor
Noun
tenor (first-person possessive tenorku, second-person possessive tenormu, third-person possessive tenornya)
- tenor:
- (music) a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- (music) a person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- (finance) time to maturity of a bond.
Further reading
- “tenor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
tene? (“to hold”) +? -or (“abstract noun suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?te.nor/, [?t??n?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?te.nor/, [?t???n?r]
Noun
tenor m (genitive ten?ris); third declension
- a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding
- 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)
- a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)
- (Medieval Latin) a seisin
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Further reading
- tenor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tenor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tenor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- “tenor” on page 2118 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- Wacke, Andreas (21-08-2020) , “Das Rechtswort: Tenor”, in Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Romanistische Abteilung (in German), volume 137, DOI:10.1515/zrgr-2020-0014
Middle English
Noun
tenor
- Alternative form of tenour
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor
Noun
tenor m (definite singular tenoren, indefinite plural tenorer, definite plural tenorene)
- tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)
References
- “tenor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor
Noun
tenor m (definite singular tenoren, indefinite plural tenorar, definite plural tenorane)
- tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)
References
- “tenor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
- tenëor
- tenour (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology 1
From tenir, cf. also Late Latin tentor.
Noun
tenor m (oblique plural tenors, nominative singular tenors, nominative plural tenor)
- holder; possessor (one who possesses; one who has)
Descendants
- French: teneur
- ? Dutch: teneur
- ? English: tenor
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin tenor, ten?rem.
Noun
tenor f (oblique plural tenors, nominative singular tenor, nominative plural tenors)
- possession
- content (of a letter)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tenor, feminine noun, possession)
- tenure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tenor, ten?rem, with the sense of "tenor" taken from Italian tenore.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?no?/, [t?e?no?]
Noun
tenor m (plural tenores)
- tenor
- (formal) sense, meaning
Derived terms
- a tenor de
Anagrams
- norte (see for more anagrams)
Further reading
- “tenor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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