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keynote

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: keynote

1
 n
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale
2
 nv
the principal theme in a speech or literary work
give the keynote address to (an audience)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: keynote
1

n (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

Synonyms:
tonic
Types:
C
(music) the keynote of the scale of C major
Type of:
musical note, note, tone
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
2

n the principal theme in a speech or literary work

Type of:
subject, theme, topic
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

n a fundamental or central idea

Type of:
idea, thought
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

v give the keynote address to (an audience)

Type of:
address, speak
give a speech to

v set the keynote of

“Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection”
Type of:
set
put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
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