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Note
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- 1 The St. Louis Blues hockey team. informal
- 1 A symbol or annotation. countable, uncountable
"He noted the fact that the kidnapper had left a ransom note."
- 2 That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually
"And have thou that for thy note !"
- 3 a characteristic emotional quality wordnet
- 4 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. countable, uncountable
"As therefore they that are of the Myſticall Body of Chriſt, haue thoſe inward Graces and Vertues, whereby they differ from all others which are not of the ſame Body ; againe, whoſoeuer appertaine to the Viſible Body of the Church, they haue alſo the notes of externall Profeſſion, whereby the World knoweth what they are."
- 5 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. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually
"The supply of horned cattle at this fair was great, but the business done was confined to fleshy barreners of feeding qualities and superior new-calved heifers, and those at early note, with appearance of being useful; [...]"
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- 6 a brief written record wordnet
- 7 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. countable, uncountable
- 8 a short personal letter wordnet
- 9 A symbol or annotation.; A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. countable, uncountable
- 10 a comment or instruction (usually added) wordnet
- 11 A written or printed communication or commitment.; A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute. countable, uncountable
"I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash."
- 12 a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound wordnet
- 13 A written or printed communication or commitment.; A short informal letter; a billet. countable, uncountable
"Garson: Drop me a note sometime. I'd love to hear how we're doing."
- 14 a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling wordnet
- 15 A written or printed communication or commitment.; An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse. countable, literary, uncountable
- 16 a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) wordnet
- 17 A written or printed communication or commitment.; A diplomatic missive or written communication. countable, uncountable
- 18 a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time wordnet
- 19 A written or printed communication or commitment.; A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonyms: draft, bond, paper, commercial paper, IOU, letter of credit"
- 20 high status importance owing to marked superiority wordnet
- 21 A written or printed communication or commitment.; A list of items or of charges; an account. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Heere is now the Smithes note, for Shooing, / And Plough-Irons."
- 22 A written or printed communication or commitment.; A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote. countable, uncountable
"I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note."
- 23 A written or printed communication or commitment.; A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes. countable, uncountable
- 24 A sound.; A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. countable, uncountable
- 25 A sound.; A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum. countable, uncountable
"Then feed on thoughts, that voluntarie move / Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful Bird / Sings darkling, and in ſhadieſt Covert hid / Tunes her nocturnal Note."
- 26 A sound.; A key of the piano or organ. broadly, countable, uncountable
- 27 A sound.; A call or song of a bird. broadly, countable, uncountable
"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[.]"
- 28 A sound.; An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears countable, uncountable
- 29 An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category. countable, uncountable
- 30 Observation; notice; heed. uncountable
"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."
- 31 Reputation; distinction. uncountable
"a poet of note"
- 32 A critical comment. countable, uncountable
"Your performance was fantastic! I have just one note: you were a little flat in bars 35 and 36."
- 33 Notification; information; intelligence. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 34 Mark of disgrace. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"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."
- 1 To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed. transitive
"If you look to the left, you can note the old cathedral."
- 2 make mention of wordnet
- 3 To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. transitive
"We noted his speech."
- 4 make a written note of wordnet
- 5 To denote; to designate. transitive
"The modular multiplicative inverse of x may be noted x⁻¹."
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- 6 notice or perceive wordnet
- 7 To annotate. transitive
- 8 observe with care or pay close attention to wordnet
- 9 To set down in musical characters. transitive
- 10 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. transitive
"By noting the protest, notaries could date certificates when they were received, making it easier to comply with time restrictions associated with protesting."
Etymology
From Middle English note, from Old English not, nōt (“note, mark, sign”) and Old French note (“letter, note”), both from Latin nota (“mark, sign, remark, note”).
From Middle English note, from Old English not, nōt (“note, mark, sign”) and Old French note (“letter, note”), both from Latin nota (“mark, sign, remark, note”).
From Middle English note (“use, usefulness, profit”), from Old English notu (“use, enjoyment, advantage, profit, utility”), from Proto-West Germanic *notu, from Proto-Germanic *nutō (“enjoyment, utilisation”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”). Cognate with West Frisian not (“yield, produce, crop”), Dutch genot (“enjoyment, pleasure”), Dutch nut (“usefulness, utility, behoof”), German Nutzen (“benefit, usefulness, utility”), Icelandic not (“use”, noun). Related also to Old English notian (“to enjoy, make use of, employ”), Old English nēotan (“to use, enjoy”), Old High German niozan (“to use, enjoy”) (Modern German genießen (“to enjoy”)), Modern German benutzen (“to use”). Related to nait.
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