Sekirov Dictionary

note

UK /nəʊ̯t/US /noʊ̯t/

noun 28
verb 6
forms 5
phrases 8

noun28

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a few short lines written down so that someone will not forget something
- I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash.
A written or printed communication or commitment.
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A short informal letter; a billet.
- Garson: Drop me a note sometime. I'd love to hear how we're doing. — 2017
A diplomatic missive or written communication.
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
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A critical comment.
- Your performance was fantastic! I have just one note: you were a little flat in bars 35 and 36.
A sound.
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A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
- Then feed on thoughts, that voluntarie move / Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful Bird / Sings darkling, and in shadiest Covert hid / Tunes her nocturnal Note. — 1667
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A call or song of a bird.
- We heard the peculiar note of the woodcock, which resembles the repeated croaking of the frog, followed by a sharp hissing sound, somewhat like the noisy chirping of the wagtail[.] — 1886
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A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote.
- I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note.
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Observation; notice; heed.
- Go in Nerrissa, / Giue order to my seruants, that they take / No note at all of our being absent hence, / Nor you Lorenzo, Iessica nor you. — 1596
A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
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A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! — 1888
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An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category.
- Isoamyl acetate (banana): This familiar scent is known to most noses as the primary odor note in bananas and pears. — 1987
Reputation; distinction.
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A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
- The car he drives / I pay the note every month — 1974
A symbol or annotation.
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.
An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
A key of the piano or organ.
An indicator to which the player must correctly time some input.
A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
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(dialect, UK) Milk-giving by a cow or sow; (specifically) the period following calving or farrowing, during which a cow or sow is most productive and useful.
- For sale, a Kerry cow, five years old, at her note in May. — 1875
(dialect, UK) The milk given by a cow or sow during such period.
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(dialect, UK) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- And have thou that for thy note ! — 1838
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(no longer used) A list of items or of charges; an account.
- Heere is now the Smithes note, for Shooing, / And Plough-Irons. — 1596
(no longer used) Notification; information; intelligence.
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(no longer used) Mark of disgrace.
- That my posteritie sham’d with the note / Shall curse my bones, and hold it for no sinne, / To wish that I their father had not beene. — 1594

verb6

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To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- If you look to the left, you can note the old cathedral.
- Note the difference between progesterone and progrestogen: the former is simply a type of the latter.
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To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- We noted his speech.
To set down in musical characters.
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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.
- By noting the protest, notaries could date certificates when they were received, making it easier to comply with time restrictions associated with protesting. — 2020
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To denote; to designate.
- The modular multiplicative inverse of x may be noted x⁻¹.
To annotate.

forms

noted · noting · notes · noteth · notest

Phrases with note

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