Word: note Part of Speech: noun 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”). Pronunciation: /nəʊ̯t/, /noʊ̯t/, /nəʉ̯t/, /nɐʉ̯t/ 1. A symbol or annotation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He noted the fact that the kidnapper had left a ransom note. 2. A symbol or annotation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. Example: 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. 3. A symbol or annotation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A symbol or annotation. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A written or printed communication or commitment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash. 6. A written or printed communication or commitment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Garson: Drop me a note sometime. I'd love to hear how we're doing. 7. A written or printed communication or commitment. Labels: countable, literary, uncountable 8. A written or printed communication or commitment. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A written or printed communication or commitment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: draft, bond, paper, commercial paper, IOU, letter of credit Example: a promissory note 10. A written or printed communication or commitment. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Heere is now the Smithes note, for Shooing, / And Plough-Irons. 11. A written or printed communication or commitment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note. 12. A written or printed communication or commitment. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A sound. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A sound. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then feed on thoughts, that voluntarie move / Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful Bird / Sings darkling, and in ſhadieſt Covert hid / Tunes her nocturnal Note. Example: 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. 15. A sound. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 16. A sound. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: 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[.] 17. A sound. Labels: countable, uncountable 18. An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category. Labels: countable, uncountable 19. Observation; notice; heed. Labels: uncountable Example: 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. Example: 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. 20. Reputation; distinction. Labels: uncountable Example: a poet of note 21. A critical comment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your performance was fantastic! I have just one note: you were a little flat in bars 35 and 36. 22. Notification; information; intelligence. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 23. Mark of disgrace. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 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. Example: 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