Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
KEYNOTE
keynote
(noun) a fundamental or central idea
tonic, keynote
(noun) (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
keynote
(noun) the principal theme in a speech or literary work
keynote
(verb) set the keynote of; “Comfort keynotes this designer’s Fall collection”
keynote
(verb) give the keynote address to (an audience)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
keynote (plural keynotes)
(music) The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
Verb
keynote (third-person singular simple present keynotes, present participle keynoting, simple past and past participle keynoted)
(transitive) To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering.
Source: Wiktionary
Key"note`, n.
1. (Mus.)
Definition: The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.
2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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