note
(noun) a characteristic emotional quality; āit ended on a sour noteā; āthere was a note of gaiety in her mannerā; āhe detected a note of sarcasmā
note
(noun) a brief written record; āhe made a note of the appointmentā
note, short letter, line, billet
(noun) a short personal letter; ādrop me a line when you get thereā
note, annotation, notation
(noun) a comment or instruction (usually added); āhis notes were appended at the end of the articleā; āhe added a short notation to the address on the envelopeā
note, musical note, tone
(noun) a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; āthe singer held the note too longā
note
(noun) a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; āthere was a note of uncertainty in his voiceā
bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback
(noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); āhe peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notesā
note, promissory note, note of hand
(noun) a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; āI had to co-sign his note at the bankā
eminence, distinction, preeminence, note
(noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority; āa scholar of great eminenceā
note, observe, mention, remark
(verb) make mention of; āShe observed that his presentation took up too much timeā; āThey noted that it was a fine day to go sailingā
note, take down
(verb) make a written note of; āshe noted everything the teacher said that morningā
notice, mark, note
(verb) notice or perceive; āShe noted that someone was following herā; āmark my wordsā
note, take note, observe
(verb) observe with care or pay close attention to; āTake note of this chemical reactionā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
the Note
(informal) The St. Louis Blues hockey team.
• ETNO, Eton, Teno, Tone, ento-, teno-, tone
note (countable and uncountable, plural notes)
(heading) 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.
(heading) 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, heading) 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.
(extension) A key of the piano or organ.
(uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
(uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
(obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.
(obsolete) Mark of disgrace.
• (mark of disgrace): blemish, blot, brand, reproach, stain, stigma, taint
• (observation, notice, heed): attention, mark; see also attention
note (third-person singular simple present notes, present participle noting, simple past and past participle noted)
(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) 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.
note (usually uncountable, plural notes)
(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.
• ETNO, Eton, Teno, Tone, ento-, teno-, tone
Source: Wiktionary
Note, v. t. Etym: [AS. hnitan to strike against, imp. hnat.]
Definition: To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.]
Note. Etym: [AS. nat; ne not + wat wot. See Not, and Wot.]
Definition: Know not; knows not. [Obs.]
Note, n.
Definition: Nut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Note, n. Etym: [AS. notu use, profit.]
Definition: Need; needful business. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Note, n. Etym: [F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to know. See Know.]
1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession. Hooker. She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! Mrs. Humphry Ward.
2. 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.
3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton.
4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
5. pl.
Definition: Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.
6. A short informal letter; a billet.
7. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [Obs.] Here is now the smith's note for shoeing. Shak.
10. (Mus.) (a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence: (b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. (c) A key of the piano or organ. The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note. Milton. That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann. W. Pater.
11. Observation; notice; heed. Give orders to my servants that they take No note at all of our being absent hence. Shak.
12. Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.] The king . . . shall have note of this. Shak.
13. State of being under observation. [Obs.] Small matters . . . continually in use and in note. Bacon.
14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note. There was scarce a family of note which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold. Prescott.
15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [Obs.] Shak. Note of hand, a promissory note.
Note, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting.] Etym: [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See Note, n.]
1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. Shak.
2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. Maccaulay.
3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. Dryden.
4. To denote; to designate. Johnson.
5. To annotate. [R.] W. H. Dixon.
6. To set down in musical characters. To note a bill or draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins