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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: note

1	n v	a brief written record observe with care or pay close attention to
2	n	a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
3	n	a characteristic emotional quality
4	n	a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: note

n a brief written record

“he made a note of the appointment”

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; jot, jotting
a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note; marginalia
notes written in the margin; memo, memoranda, memorandum
a written proposal or reminder; minute
a short note; scholia, scholium
a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature); aide-memoire, position paper
a memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications)

Type of:: written account, written record
a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events

n a comment or instruction (usually added)

“his notes were appended at the end of the article”

Synonyms:: annotation, notation

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; poste restante
a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada); acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; footer, footnote
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; N.B., NB, nota bene
a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something; PS, postscript
a note appended to a letter after the signature; photo credit
a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph; cross-index, cross-reference
a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work

Type of:: comment, commentary
a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

n a short personal letter

Synonyms:: billet, line, short letter

Types:: excuse
a note explaining an absence

Type of:: personal letter
a letter dealing with personal affairs

n high status importance owing to marked superiority

Synonyms:: distinction, eminence, preeminence

Types:: king
preeminence in a particular category or group or field

Type of:: high status
a position of superior status

v observe with care or pay close attention to

“Take note of this chemical reaction”

Synonyms:: observe, take note

v notice or perceive

“She noted that someone was following her”

Synonyms:: mark, notice

Antonyms:: ignore
fail to notice

Types:: take notice
observe with special attention

v make mention of

“They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing”

Synonyms:: mention, observe, remark

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; comment, notice, point out, remark
make or write a comment on; criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; wisecrack
make a comment, usually ironic; kibbitz, kibitz
make unwanted and intrusive comments

Type of:: say, state, tell
express in words

v make a written note of

“she noted everything the teacher said that morning”

Synonyms:: take down

Type of:: get down, put down, set down, write down
put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

n a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

“the singer held the note too long”

Synonyms:: musical note, tone

Types:: show 27 types...; hide 27 types...; keynote, tonic
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale; supertonic
(music) the second note of a diatonic scale; mediant
(music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant; subdominant
(music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale; dominant
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale; submediant
(music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic); leading tone, subtonic
(music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale; pedal, pedal point
a sustained bass note; shake, trill
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it; middle C
the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz; chord
a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together; passing note, passing tone
a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes; semibreve, whole note
a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time); half note, minim
a musical note having the time value of half a whole note; crotchet, quarter note
a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note; eighth note, quaver
a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note; semiquaver, sixteenth note
a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note; demisemiquaver, thirty-second note
a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note; hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note
a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note; acciaccatura, appoggiatura, grace note
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size; blue note
a flattened third or seventh; monotone
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts); C
(music) the keynote of the scale of C major; arpeggio
a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously; sforzando
an accented chord; common chord, triad
a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones; seventh chord
a triad with a seventh added

Type of:: musical notation
(music) notation used by musicians

n a characteristic emotional quality

“it ended on a sour note”

“there was a note of gaiety in her manner”

“he detected a note of sarcasm”

Type of:: air, atmosphere, aura
a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing

n a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling

“there was a note of uncertainty in his voice”

Type of:: tone, tone of voice
the quality of a person's voice

n a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time

“I had to co-sign his note at the bank”

Synonyms:: note of hand, promissory note

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; demand note
a note payable on demand; note receivable
your right in a promissory note in which the maker promises to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time; note payable
a note promising to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time; municipal note
a municipal debt instrument with a maturity of less than 2 years; IOU
an informal debt instrument; representing `I owe you'; time note
a note that specifies the time (or times) of repayment

Type of:: certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument, obligation
a written promise to repay a debt

n a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)

“he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes”

Synonyms:: Federal Reserve note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, government note, greenback

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; silver certificate
formerly a bank note issued by the United States Treasury and redeemable in silver; c-note, hundred dollar bill
a United States bill worth 100 dollars; fifty, fifty dollar bill
a United States bill worth 50 dollars; twenty, twenty dollar bill
a United States bill worth 20 dollars; ten dollar bill, tenner
a United States bill worth 10 dollars; five dollar bill, five-spot, fiver
a United States bill worth 5 dollars; two dollar bill
a United States bill worth 2 dollars; buck, clam, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill
a piece of paper money worth one dollar; nickel, nickel note
five dollars worth of a drug

Type of:: folding money, paper currency, paper money
currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie

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