Note Definition

nōt
noted, notes, noting
noun
notes
A mark of some quality, condition, or fact; distinguishing or characteristic feature, mood, tone, etc.
A note of sadness.
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A brief statement of a fact, experience, etc. written down for review, as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; memorandum.
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A brief informal letter.
Sent a note to the child's teacher.
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A comment, explanation, or elucidation, as at the foot of a page; annotation.
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A record of experiences, etc.
The notes of a journey.
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verb
noted, notes, noting
To pay close attention to; heed; notice; observe.
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To set down in writing; make a note of.
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To mention particularly.
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To denote or indicate.
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To observe carefully; notice.
Note the difference between these two plants.
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Antonyms:
idiom
compare notes
  • to exchange views; confer
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strike the right note
  • to say, write, or do what is specially apt or pleasing
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take notes
  • to write down notes, as during a lecture or interview, for later reference
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Other Word Forms of Note

Noun

Singular:
note
Plural:
notes

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Origin of Note

  • From Middle English note, noote (“use, usefulness, profit"), from Old English notu (“use, enjoyment, advantage, profit, utility"), 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 nÄ“otan (“to use, enjoy"), Old High German niozan (“to use, enjoy"), Modern German benutzen (“to use"). Related to nait.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English noten, notien, from Old English notian (“to make use of, use, employ, enjoy"), from Proto-Germanic *nutōnÄ… (“to make use of"), from Proto-Indo-European *neud- (“to acquire, make use of").

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  • 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").

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  • Middle English from Old French from Latin nota annotation gnō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin nota annotation gnō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Inflected and variant forms.

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  • Old English

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