Usually means: Hold note for full value.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word tenuto:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. tenuto: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. tenuto: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. tenuto: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Tenuto, tenuto: Wordnik
  5. tenuto: Wiktionary
  6. tenuto: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. tenuto: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. tenuto: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. tenuto: Dictionary.com
  10. Tenuto: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. tenuto: Dictionary/thesaurus
  12. tenuto: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See tenuti as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tenuto)

noun:  (music) A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time
noun:  (music) A passage having this mark
adverb:  (music) In a sustained manner
adjective:  (music, of a passage) Having this tempo mark.

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