Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brief record, especially one written down to aid the memory.
- noun A comment or explanation, as on a passage in a text.
- noun A brief informal letter: synonym: letter.
- noun A formal written diplomatic or official communication.
- noun A piece of paper currency.
- noun A debt security, usually with a maturity of ten years or less.
- noun A promissory note.
- noun A tone of definite pitch.
- noun A symbol for such a tone, indicating pitch by its position on the staff and duration by its shape.
- noun A key of an instrument, such as a piano.
- noun The characteristic vocal sound made by a songbird or other animal.
- noun The sign of a particular quality or emotion.
- noun Importance; consequence.
- noun Notice; observation.
- noun Obsolete A song, melody, or tune.
- transitive verb To observe carefully; notice: synonym: see.
- transitive verb To make a note of; write down.
- transitive verb To show; indicate.
- transitive verb To make mention of; remark.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Known; well-known.
- noun A well-known or famous place or city.
- To use; make use of; enjoy.
- To use for food; eat: as, he notes very little.
- To need; have occasion for.
- To distinguish with a mark; set a mark upon; mark.
- To observe carefully; notice particularly.
- To set down in writing; make a memorandum of.
- To set down in musical characters; furnish with musical notes.
- To furnish with marginal notes; annotate.
- To denote; point out; indicate.
- To put a mark upon; brand; stigmatize.
- Synonyms To record, register, minute, jot down.
- Note, Denote, Connote (see the definitions of these words), mark.
- To sing.
- noun Use; employment.
- noun Utility; profit; advantage.
- noun Affair; matter; business; concern; event; occasion.
- noun Expedition; undertaking; enterprise; conflict; fray.
- noun A dialectal variant of
neat . - noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
nut . - To butt; push with the horns; gore.
- noun A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a sign; stamp; badge; symbol; in logic, a character or quality.
- noun Significance; consequence; distinction; reputation.
- noun Notice; observation; heed.
- noun Notice; information; intelligence.
- noun A mark on the margin of a book drawing attention to something in the text; hence, a statement subsidiary to the text of a book elucidating or adding something; an explanatory or critical comment; an annotation.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On a lighter note wait there is not a lighter note.
goldenboy Diary Entry goldenboy 2006
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Attalus, King: note on his stoa at Athens, 11, _note_
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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Corbie: note from MS. once belonging to, 75, _note_; injunction to use a MS. at, carefully, 77 and _note_; endowment of library, 79
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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[[Section rewritten for reprint.]] p. 6, l. 77, _for the note on_ plommys, damsons, _see_ p. 91, _note on l.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Camillo, _missing_ Florigel from court, would naturally _note_ his absence; and he may have _mused_ over the causes of it, but there could be no necessity for _musing_ to note the fact of his absence: and I cannot help thinking that the word _missingly_ is more in Shakspeare's style.
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From this countrey towards the South, there is a certeine port [Marginal note: Or streight.] 33to be about Elsenborg — _Original note_.] called Scirings hall, whither, he sayth that a man was not able to saile in a moneths space, if he lay still by night, although he had euery day a full winde.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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GeeemmaStaaack oh hello note in planner:) * pulls out note* oh geography assignment./crys
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Abby Haight 2010
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GeeemmaStaaack oh hello note in planner:) * pulls out note* oh geography assignment./crys
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Abby Haight 2010
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The purchase of approximately $16.9 million was financed through a term note payable in 2014.
unknown title 2011
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The term note requires principal repayments equal to $1 million annually and contains an excess cash recapture provision.
unknown title 2011
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