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Note

noun

1.

A brief written record.

2.

A short personal letter. Synonyms: billet, line, short letter.

3.

A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound. Synonyms: musical note, tone.

4.

A tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling.

5.

A characteristic emotional quality. "There was a note of gaiety in her manner" , "He detected a note of sarcasm"

6.

A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank). Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback.

7.

A comment or instruction (usually added). Synonyms: annotation, notation. "He added a short notation to the address on the envelope"

8.

High status importance owing to marked superiority. Synonyms: distinction, eminence, preeminence.

9.

A promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time. Synonyms: note of hand, promissory note.

verb

(past & past part. noted; pres. part. noting)

1.

Make mention of. Synonyms: mention, observe, remark. "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"

2.

Notice or perceive. Synonyms: mark, notice. "Mark my words" Antonym: ignore.

3.

Observe with care or pay close attention to. Synonyms: observe, take note.

4.

Make a written note of. Synonym: take down.

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"Note" Quotes from Famous Books

... was commenced by the Company of Parish Clerks in the great plague year of 1593. The bills were issued weekly from 1603. The charter of the Parish Clerks' Company (1611) directs that "each parish clerk shall bring to the Clerks' Hall weekly a note of all christenings and burials." Charles I. in 1636 granted permission to the Parish Clerks to have a printing press and employ a printer in their hall for the purpose of ...

— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys

... retorted the other. "I'll go on foot, and I'll make the trip as fast as I can, too. But maybe you'd better give me a note to the doctor. He might not pay much attention to a sick call from a fellow who looks as tough ...

— The High School Boys' Training Hike • H. Irving Hancock

... the year I heard the cuckoo sing, And call with welcome note the budding spring, I straightway set a running with such haste Deborah that won the smock scarce ran so fast; Till spent for lack of breath, quite weary grown, Upon a rising bank I sat adown, There doffed my shoe; and by my troth I swear, Therein I spied this yellow frizzled hair, ...

— Current Superstitions - Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk • Various

... was Mr. Luce's tone dauntless and ferocious. The Cap'n's keen ear caught the coward's note of querulousness, for he had heard that note many times before in his stormy association with men. He chuckled ...

— The Skipper and the Skipped - Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul • Holman Day

... same gates had opened before; and that on one occasion when they had done so it had cost him eight thousand dollars to settle the case out of court. One does not think of these things at such times, for they strike a jarring note. Otis Pilkington was in love. That was all he knew, ...

— The Little Warrior - (U.K. Title: Jill the Reckless) • P. G. Wodehouse

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