note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊt/
enpr: nōt
ipa: /noʊt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: notes
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”).
Senses: examples: text: He noted the fact that the kidnapper had left a ransom note.
glosses: A symbol or annotation.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, London: William Stansbye, published 1622, book III, page 89:
text: 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 ; she has ancient descent, unbroken continuance, agreement in doctrine with the ancient Church.
ref: 1841, John Henry Newman, A Letter to the Right Reverend Father in God, Richard, Lord Bishop of Oxford, on Occasion of No. 90, in the Series Called The Tracts for the Times, Oxford: John Henry Parker, page 39:
text: What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all !
ref: 1888, Mary Augusta Ward, Robert Elsmere, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 217:
text: For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251:
text: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: 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.
glosses: 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.
glosses: 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.
examples: text: I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash.
glosses: A written or printed communication or commitment.
A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
examples: text: Garson: Drop me a note sometime. I'd love to hear how we're doing.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Ark Hyperion:
glosses: A written or printed communication or commitment.
A short informal letter; a billet.
glosses: 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.
glosses: A written or printed communication or commitment.
A diplomatic missive or written communication.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: draft, bond, paper, commercial paper, IOU, letter of credit
text: a promissory note
text: a note of hand
text: a negotiable note
topics: business
finance
glosses: A written or printed communication or commitment.
A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
examples: text: Heere is now the Smithes note, for Shooing, / And Plough-Irons.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: A written or printed communication or commitment.
A list of items or of charges; an account.
examples: text: I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note.
glosses: A written or printed communication or commitment.
A piece of paper money; a banknote.
synonyms: bill
glosses: A written or printed communication or commitment.
A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
qualifier: extension
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sound.
A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
examples: text: Then feed on thoughts, that voluntarie move / Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful Bird / Sings darkling, and in ſhadieſt Covert hid / Tunes her nocturnal Note.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 37–40:
text: Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 47:
text: As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
ref: 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sound.
A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sound.
A key of the piano or organ.
examples: text: 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[.]
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sound.
A call or song of a bird.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sound.
An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears
qualifier: rhythm games
examples: text: 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.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: So it is true, that ſmall matters win great commendation, becauſe they are continually in uſe, and in note ; whereas the occaſion of any great virtue cometh but on feſtivals.
ref: 1625, Francis Bacon, “Of ceremonies and reſpects”, in The Works of Francis Bacon, volume III, London: J. and J. Knapton et al., published 1730, page 373:
glosses: Observation; notice; heed.
examples: text: a poet of note
glosses: Reputation; distinction.
examples: text: Your performance was fantastic! I have just one note: you were a little flat in bars 35 and 36.
glosses: A critical comment.
glosses: Notification; information; intelligence.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
text: Once more, the more to aggrauate the note,
With a foule Traitors name ſtuffe I thy throte,
And wiſh (ſo pleaſe my Soueraigne) ere I moue,
What my tong ſpeaks, my right drawn ſword may proue
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 2:
glosses: Mark of disgrace.
Synonyms: sense: mark of disgrace
word: blemish
sense: mark of disgrace
word: blot
sense: mark of disgrace
word: brand
sense: mark of disgrace
word: reproach
sense: mark of disgrace
word: stain
sense: mark of disgrace
word: stigma
sense: mark of disgrace
word: taint
sense: observation, notice, heed
word: attention
word: mark
word: attention
Derived terms: 128th note
16th note
256th note
32nd note
512th note
64th note
8th note
after-note
afternote
banana note
banknote
bank note
base note
bass note
bent as a nine-bob note
big-note
black note
blue note
bread-and-butter note
briefing note
brown note
buckwheat note
call note
case note
changing note
chest note
circular note
c note
c-note
cognovit note
collateral note
collective note
Community Note
community note
consignment note
content note
couldn't carry a note in a bucket
cover note
credit-linked note
credit note
crib note
death note
debit note
delivery note
demand note
discount note
d-note
doctor's note
dotted note
double note
double whole note
eighth note
endnote
Euro-note
false note
Federal Reserve note
fieldnote
fistnote
fit note
flip-flop note
footnote
forenote
ghost note
G-note
g note
g-note
government note
grace note
half note
hatnote
head-note
head note
headnote
heart note
hedge-note
high note
holding note
home note
hundred twenty-eighth note
hypernote
Johnny-one-note
keep note
keynote
leading note
liner notes
marginal note
mash note
medium-term note
mental note
middle note
mortgage note
municipal note
musical note
nickel note
notability
notate
note-bash
note bash
note book
note card
notecard
notecase
notefile
notehead
noteholder
noteholding
note job
notekin
notelet
notelike
notemaker
notemaking
note of admiration
note of exclamation
note of hand
note of interjection
note of interrogation
note pad
notepad
notepaper
note paper
note payable
note-perfect
note shaver
notetake
note-take
notetaker
notetaking
note-taking
note to self
note value
note verbale
notewise
noteworthy
off-note
of note
one-note
on that note
passing note
pedal note
postal note
post-it note
post note
postum note
prenote
promissory note
quadruple whole note
quarter note
queer as a nine bob note
ransom note effect
reciting note
request note
satisfaction note
secured note
senior note
shape-note
shape note
shipping note
sick note
sidenote
side note
sixteenth note
sixty-fourth note
sour note
stamp note
star note
stick note
sticky-note
sticky note
strike a false note
strike a note
structured note
suicide note
super-note
take note
technote
thirty-second note
time note
Tironian note
top note
treasury note
twelve-note
two hundred fifty-sixth note
undernote
United States note
verbal note
voicenote
Welsh note
whistle note
white note
whole note
wildcat note
wolf note
woodnote
wood note
wood-note
zero-coupon note