KEYNOTING

Verb

keynoting

present participle of keynote

Source: Wiktionary


KEYNOTE

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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REPLACEMENT

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