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vocalist
One who sings; singer
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  1. One who sings; singer
  2. A singer; a person who likes to sing.
  3. A singer.
singer
(Music) One who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
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  1. (Music) One who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
  2. A person who, or device that singes; a machine for singeing cloth.
  3. (Square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.
countertenor
A voice or singer with such a range; a male alto
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  1. A voice or singer with such a range; a male alto
  2. A singer having a voice within this range.
  3. An adult male voice, usually in falsetto, with a range similar to the contralto and sometimes reaching the soprano
crooner
One who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music.
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  1. One who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music.
tone
The simple or fundamental tone of a musical sound as distinguished from its overtones
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  1. The simple or fundamental tone of a musical sound as distinguished from its overtones
  2. The prevailing or predominant style, character, spirit, trend, morale, or state of morals of a place or period
  3. Any one of the full intervals of a diatonic scale; whole step
course
Development in a particular way; progress:
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  1. Development in a particular way; progress:
  2. (Sports) A designated route or area on which a race is held:
  3. A typical, natural, or customary manner of proceeding or developing:
trend
An inclination in a particular direction.
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  1. An inclination in a particular direction.
  2. A fad or fashion style.
  3. A general or prevailing tendency or course, as of events, a discussion, etc.; drift
drift
A gradual change in position:
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  1. A gradual change in position:
  2. The course on which something is directed or driven
  3. A random course, variation, or deviation
aim
The degree of accuracy of a weapon or of a person aiming a weapon or propelled object:
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  1. The degree of accuracy of a weapon or of a person aiming a weapon or propelled object:
  2. The object to be attained; intention or purpose
  3. The ability to hit a target or intended point:
burden
A source of great worry or stress; weight:
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  1. A source of great worry or stress; weight:
  2. The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
  3. In property law, anything that encumbers or restrict the use or value of land, such as an easement, restrictive covenant, or zoning ordinance. The burden indefinitely binds the current and all future owners until it is extinguished, so it is the land, and the landowner, that is burdened by the encumbrance or restriction. See estate.
drift
A gradual movement or change in some direction or toward some end or purpose; trend; tendency
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  1. A gradual movement or change in some direction or toward some end or purpose; trend; tendency
  2. A gradual deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention.
  3. General meaning or purport; tenor:
intent
(Law) One's mental attitude, including purpose, will, determination, etc., at the time of doing an act
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  1. (Law) One's mental attitude, including purpose, will, determination, etc., at the time of doing an act
  2. A purpose; object; aim
  3. Meaning or import
meaning
What is meant; what is intended to be, or in fact is, signified, indicated, referred to, or understood
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  1. What is meant; what is intended to be, or in fact is, signified, indicated, referred to, or understood
  2. A sense of importance or purpose:
  3. Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:
purport
Intention; object
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  1. Intention; object
  2. Meaning; tenor; sense; drift
  3. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
substance
A material of a particular kind or constitution.
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  1. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
  2. The physical matter of which a thing consists; material
  3. Material possessions; goods; wealth:
tendency
A course or apparent course toward some purpose, object, or result; drift
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  1. A course or apparent course toward some purpose, object, or result; drift
  2. An inclination to move or act in a particular direction or way; constant disposition to some action or state; leaning; bias; propensity; bent
  3. Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction:
thrust
The essential meaning; the point:
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  1. The essential meaning; the point:
  2. The force that propels an object in a given direction, especially when generated by the object itself, as by an engine or rocket.
  3. The basic meaning or purpose; point; force
amount
Quantity:
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  1. Quantity:
  2. A quantity
  3. A number; a sum.
burden
In property law, anything that encumbers or restrict the use or value of land, such as an easement, restrictive covenant, or zoning ordinance. The burden indefinitely binds the current and all future owners until it is extinguished, so it is the land, and the landowner, that is burdened by the encumbrance or restriction. See estate.
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  1. In property law, anything that encumbers or restrict the use or value of land, such as an easement, restrictive covenant, or zoning ordinance. The burden indefinitely binds the current and all future owners until it is extinguished, so it is the land, and the landowner, that is burdened by the encumbrance or restriction. See estate.
  2. The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism.
  3. (Nautical) The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.
drift
Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.
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  1. Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.
  2. A being driven or carried along, as by a current of air or water or by circumstances
  3. (Electronics) A deviation or variation of a quantity, as voltage, from its assigned value
import
Importance; significance:
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  1. Importance; significance:
  2. The act or business of importing (goods)
  3. A product brought in the course of commerce into a country other than the one in which it originated
purport
Intention; object
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  1. Intention; object
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Intention; purpose:
substance
That which is real or practical in quality or character; practical value:
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  1. That which is real or practical in quality or character; practical value:
  2. Density; body:
  3. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
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  • This, however, does not disturb the tenor of the following arguments.

  • Still more remarkable are the tone and tenor of this royal law.

  • To suppose Disraeli satisfied with the excuses made for his adoption of the "dishing" process is forbidden by the whole tenor of his teaching and conduct.

  • But having failed, he allowed the paper, and also a second by Chevenix of the same tenor in 1805, to be read without avowing that it was he himself who had originally detected the metal, although he had an excellent opportunity of stating the fact in 1804 when he discussed the substance in the paper which announced the discovery of rhodium.

  • But there is no mention of the Van den Endes in Spinoza's correspondence; and in the whole tenor of his life and character there is nothing on which to fasten the probability of a romantic attachment.

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