note
IPA: nˈoʊt
noun
- A symbol or annotation.
- A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
- A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- A written or printed communication or commitment.
- A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- A short informal letter; a billet.
- (academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
- A diplomatic missive or written communication.
- (finance) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment
- (obsolete) A list of items or of charges; an account.
- A piece of paper money; a banknote.
- (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- (music) A sound.
- A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
- (by extension) A key of the piano or organ.
- (by extension) A call or song of a bird.
- (rhythm games) An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears
- (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
- (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
- A critical comment.
- (obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.
- (obsolete) Mark of disgrace.
- (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
- (informal) The St. Louis Blues hockey team.
verb
- (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- (transitive) To denote; to designate.
- (transitive) To annotate.
- (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
- (transitive, law) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
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Examples of "note" in Sentences
- The controversy is noted in the article.
- The notes in the article are consistent.
- As the article notes, he was becoming senile.
- Note in general, the article is liberally sourced.
- The note at the top of the article is therefore inaccurate.
- The note was about the reliability of the brewery story itself.
- Charismatic suggests photogenic, and that is noted in the article.
- It is the one discordant note in the harmony of the rest of hist writings.
- Noting the spelling variation is a grace note in the article and harmless.
- She maintained her innocence of the two murders and the writing of the note.
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