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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
  • A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
  • A diplomatic missive or written communication.
  • Affair, matter, concern.
  • 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 mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
  • An event, occasion.
  • A piece of paper money; a banknote.
  • A short informal letter; a billet.
  • A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
  • Business, usually needful in nature; Expedition, undertaking, enterprise.
  • Conflict; Fray.
  • finance A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory '''note'''; a '''note''' of hand; a negotiable '''note'''.
  • music A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
  • music A key of the piano or organ.
  • music A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
  • Need. ?Chaucer.
  • Observation; notice; heed.
  • Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of '''note'''.
  • Use.
  • Utility, profit, advantage.

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Verb:

  • transitive To annotate
  • transitive To denote; to designate
  • transitive To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed
  • transitive To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
  • transitive To set down in musical characters.

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