note en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /nəʊ̯t/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /nɐʉ̯t/ (New-Zealand)
- /noʊ̯t/ (Canada, General-American)
- (California) audio
- /nəʉ̯t/ (Australia)
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”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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.
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251: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.
1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, London: William Stansbye, published 1622, book III, page 89: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.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all !
1888, Mary Augusta Ward, Robert Elsmere, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 217: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.
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:
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, uncountable) A written or printed communication or commitment. ▸ A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash.
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(countable, uncountable) A written or printed communication or commitment. ▸ A short informal letter; a billet.
Garson: Drop me a note sometime. I'd love to hear how we're doing.
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Ark Hyperion:
- (countable, literary, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) A written or printed communication or commitment. ▸ A diplomatic missive or written communication.
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(countable, uncountable) A written or printed communication or commitment. ▸ A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
a promissory note
Near-synonyms: draft, bond, paper, commercial paper, IOU, letter of credit
The car he drives / I pay the note every month
1974, Shirley Brown, “Woman to Woman”, in Woman to Woman:a negotiable note
a note of hand
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A written or printed communication or commitment. ▸ A list of items or of charges; an account.
Heere is now the Smithes note, for Shooing, / And Plough-Irons.
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]:
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(countable, uncountable) A written or printed communication or commitment. ▸ A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote.
Seven months ago Prime Minister Ante Marković, a Croat, attacked Yugoslavia's 2,600 percent inflation rate by making the dinar convertible to Western currencies and lopping off four zeroes. The million-dinar note shrank to a hundred dinars.
1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 110:I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note.
- (countable, qualifier:extension, uncountable) A written or printed communication or commitment. ▸ A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- (countable, uncountable) A sound. ▸ A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
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(countable, uncountable) A sound. ▸ A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
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.
1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days: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.
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:Then feed on thoughts, that voluntarie move / Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful Bird / Sings darkling, and in ſhadieſt Covert hid / Tunes her nocturnal Note.
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:"That's Fred," said Mrs Fitzwilliam as the iron gate beyond the little plot of beaten earth that had once been a garden gave its individual note.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) A sound. ▸ A key of the piano or organ.
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) A sound. ▸ A call or song of a bird.
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[.]
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85:
- (countable, qualifier:rhythm games, uncountable) A sound. ▸ An indicator to which the player must correctly time some input.
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(countable, qualifier:perfumery, uncountable) An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category.
Isoamyl acetate (banana): This familiar scent is known to most noses as the primary odor note in bananas and pears.
1987 October, Avery N. Gilbert and Charles J. Wysocki, “Results of the Smell Survey”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 216:
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(uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
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.
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: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.
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]:
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(uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
a poet of note
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(countable, uncountable) A critical comment.
Your performance was fantastic! I have just one note: you were a little flat in bars 35 and 36.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Notification; information; intelligence.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Mark of disgrace.
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
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: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.
1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| notes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
consignment note · undernote · bass note · content note · Community Note · home note · hatnote · ransom note effect · two hundred fifty-sixth note · 256th note · reporter's note · shipping note · note card · note bash · note of interrogation · government note · promissory note · black note · star note · twelve-note · reciting note · note-bash · wood-note · notefile · bum note · take note · on that note · fleeting note · bridge note · flip-flop note · stamp note · passing note · on a different note · notecase · sticky-note · 8th note · brown note · post note · credit-linked note · shape note · bank note · queer as a nine bob note · banana note · verbal note · collective note · off-note · senior note · demand note · circular note · bread-and-butter note · voicenote · g note · marginal note · holding note · note-taking · prenote · note verbale · notemaker · quadruple whole note · note shaver · side note · keep note · note pad · delivery note · Welsh note · mortgage note · fit note · collateral note · note payable · stick note · time note · keynote · zero-coupon note · base note · double whole note · middle note · atomic note · sixteenth note · note of admiration · dotted note · head note · hypernote · notekin · quarter note · nickel note · half note · wood note · G-note · wildcat note · note to self · head-note · leading note · notate · headnote · c note · Euro-note · fieldnote · death note · couldn't carry a note in a bucket · notemaking · bent as a nine-bob note · thirty-second note · buckwheat note · credit note · medium-term note · after-note · high note · 16th note · community note · bearer note · suicide note · 512th note · grace note · case note · noteworthy · heart note · note of exclamation · forenote · treasury note · notability · mash note · Johnny-one-note · sticky note · municipal note · false note · notehead · double note · d-note · postal note · note book · whole note · fistnote · chest note · call note · ghost note shuffle · note-take · pedal note · cognovit note · note paper · banknote · note of hand · 128th note · gold note · request note · noteholder · eighth note · ghost note · notelike · big-note · doctor's note · changing note · Tironian note · note of interjection · 32nd note · hundred twenty-eighth note · c-note · blue note · sour note · car note · one-note · note value · crib note · white note · secured note · g-note · postum note · notecard · briefing note · footnote · discount note · hedge-note · musical note · liner notes · note job · notetaking · notepad · cover note · shape-note · United States note · notelet · post-it note · mental note · tasting note · wolf note · note taker · debit note · strike a false note · afternote · technote · woodnote · satisfaction note · 64th note · notewise · whistle note · noteholding · on another note · structured note · notetake · sixty-fourth note · super-note · strike a note · endnote · sidenote · notepaper · note-perfect · of note · top note · sick note · gathering note · Federal Reserve note
Synonyms
commercial paper · letter of credit · paper · attention (observation, notice, heed) · stigma (mark of disgrace) · brand (mark of disgrace) · IOU · blot (mark of disgrace) · draft · reproach (mark of disgrace) · blemish (mark of disgrace) · bill · mark · bond · stain (mark of disgrace) · taint (mark of disgrace)
Translations (335)
cs nota (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · fi muistiinpano (memorandum) · ar مَلْحُوظَة (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · fi kommentaari (marginal comment or explanation) · ru но́та (musical sound) · as টোকা (memorandum) · sh бѝљешка (marginal comment or explanation) · tr tezkere (marginal comment or explanation) · ru но́та (diplomatic missive or written communication) · fi merkki (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · ja メモ (memorandum) · hi स्वर (musical sound) · ru поме́тка (marginal comment or explanation) · sh zȁbeleška (memorandum) · uk знак (visible sign) · gd nota (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · ar مُذَكَّرَة (memorandum) · sl nota (diplomatic missive or written communication) · ru замеча́ние (observation) · ca missatge (short informal letter) · uk циду́ла (memorandum) · vi nốt nhạc (musical sound) · es tecla (key of the piano or organ) · mk забелешка (memorandum) · tk nota (musical sound) · ar مُلَاحَظَة (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · nl toon (musical sound) · th โน้ต (musical sound) · bg беле́жка (short informal letter) · pl notatka (short informal letter) · sv lapp (short informal letter) · sh на̏помена (marginal comment or explanation) · ml സ്വരം (musical sound) · fr note (marginal comment or explanation) · gd not (memorandum) · de Note (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · bg запи́ска (short informal letter) · yi נאָטיץ (marginal comment or explanation) · ro notă (marginal comment or explanation) · uk но́та (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · sh tȏn (musical sound) · it memoria (memorandum) · cmn 字條 /字条 (memorandum) · sv not (short informal letter) · hu hangjegy (musical sound) · es nota (marginal comment or explanation) · uk запи́ска (memorandum) · my မှတ်စု (memorandum) · ja ノート (memorandum) · ro comentariu (marginal comment or explanation) · it memoria (short informal letter) · fi huomio (marginal comment or explanation) · uk но́та (musical sound) · cs nota (musical sound) · ka დიპლომატიური ნოტა (diplomatic missive or written communication) · ro notă (diplomatic missive or written communication) · ru кла́виша (key of the piano or organ) · hy նոտա (musical sound) · ru запи́ска (short informal letter) · sh bìlješka (marginal comment or explanation) · be цыду́лка (memorandum) · ca ratlles (short informal letter) · el σημείωση (memorandum) · cs poznámka (observation) · pt nota (musical sound) · ru письмецо́ (short informal letter) · ro notă (short informal letter) · cs nota (key of the piano or organ) · cy nodyn (memorandum) · sv anteckning (marginal comment or explanation) · alt нота (musical sound) · vi âm phù (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · tg нота (musical sound) · bg запи́ска (memorandum) · hi सुर (musical sound) · tl nota (musical sound) · cmn 筆記 /笔记 (memorandum) · ro notă (visible sign) · hy ձայնանիշ (musical sound) · sh nȁpomena (marginal comment or explanation) · fi nootti (diplomatic missive or written communication) · sv not (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · mi tuhipoka (marginal comment or explanation) · nl briefje (short informal letter) · el νότα (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · cy nodyn (musical sound) · mk прибелешка (short informal letter) · fi nuotti (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · pl wzmianka (marginal comment or explanation) · el σημείωση (observation) · ko 노트 (short informal letter) · uk циду́лка (short informal letter) · tr not (marginal comment or explanation) · sh за̏биљешка (memorandum) · ko 기록 (memorandum) · cmn 音符 (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · cmn 音符 (musical sound) · nl opmerking (observation) · cs zápisek (memorandum) · sh о̀паска (marginal comment or explanation) · pt nota (marginal comment or explanation) · sv lapp (memorandum) · az not (musical sound) · pl notka (memorandum) · sh за̏белешка (memorandum) · es anotación (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · cy nodyn (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · eo letereto (short informal letter) · hu hangjegy (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · mk прибелешка (memorandum) · ckb تێبیبی (marginal comment or explanation) · es nota (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · nl aantekening (memorandum) · tr nota (musical sound) · ro adnotare (marginal comment or explanation) · nl notitie (short informal letter) · ru но́та (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · la nota (marginal comment or explanation) · uk примі́тка (marginal comment or explanation) · fr note (element of a scent) · mi oro (musical sound) · da notat (memorandum) · sv not (marginal comment or explanation) · bg но́та (musical sound) · fr note (memorandum) · sh то̑н (musical sound) · fr note (musical sound) · uk но́та (diplomatic missive or written communication) · ml കുറിപ്പ് (marginal comment or explanation) · da note (memorandum) · sq notë (musical sound) · be запі́ска (short informal letter) · bg писъмце́ (short informal letter) · mk нота (key of the piano or organ) · sv anteckning (memorandum) · uz nota (musical sound) · da node (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · ja 音符 (musical sound) · bg но́та (diplomatic missive or written communication) · de Zettel (memorandum) · ca nota (marginal comment or explanation) · be ната́тка (memorandum) · cs zprávička (short informal letter) · ja ノート (short informal letter) · sv meddelande (short informal letter) · lv nots (musical sound) · eo noto (visible sign) · mk нота (diplomatic missive or written communication) · fa نت (musical sound) · pl nota (diplomatic missive or written communication) · sw noti (musical sound) · fi sävel (musical sound) · te స్వరము (musical sound) · gd nota (musical sound) · gd nota (memorandum) · eo noto (marginal comment or explanation) · ko 음표 (musical sound) · ro notă (musical sound) · el φήμη (reputation; distinction) · sv brev (short informal letter) · ms nada (musical sound) · sh pisámce (short informal letter) · sh znȁčāj (reputation; distinction) · el ένδειξη (visible sign) · nl faam (reputation; distinction) · fa یادداشت (memorandum) · fa نت (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · tr muhtıra (memorandum) · ka შენიშვნა (marginal comment or explanation) · de Note (diplomatic missive or written communication) · lv piezīme (marginal comment or explanation) · uk циду́ла (short informal letter) · cs zápis (memorandum) · is nóta (musical sound) · ar دَرَجَة (musical sound) · ca nota (short informal letter) · ro notă (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · sl opazka (observation) · nl noot (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · fi velkakirja (written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment) · bg забеле́жка (short informal letter) · pdt Zadel (memorandum) · eo noto (memorandum) · ko 메모 (memorandum) · de Notiz (memorandum) · es nota (short informal letter) · de Zettel (short informal letter) · fi viesti (short informal letter) · be но́та (musical sound) · sh зна̏ча̄ј (reputation; distinction) · sh ȕglēd (reputation; distinction) · ota پوصوله (memorandum) · ja メモ (short informal letter) · ko 메모 (short informal letter) · mk нота (musical sound) · pt nota (memorandum) · eo muziknoto (musical sound) · fi huomio (observation) · ko 음표 (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · bg знак (visible sign) · kn ಸ್ವರ (musical sound) · ro marcaj (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · et märkus (marginal comment or explanation) · it nota (marginal comment or explanation) · sh òpaska (marginal comment or explanation) · ka ჩანაწერი (short informal letter) · pl nuta (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · cy nodyn (marginal comment or explanation) · be знак (visible sign) · ro notă de informare (short informal letter) · ro notă informațională (short informal letter) · ro notiță (memorandum) · el διάκριση (reputation; distinction) · nb note (memorandum) · ml സ്വരം (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · it nota (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · nl noot (musical sound) · da node (musical sound) · vec nòda (marginal comment or explanation) · fi kosketin (key of the piano or organ) · fr note (short informal letter) · sh запа́жа̄ње (observation) · el νότα (key of the piano or organ) · sh писа́мце (short informal letter) · ro semn (visible sign) · nb note (musical sound) · ky нота (musical sound) · sh но́та (musical sound) · fi muistilappu (memorandum) · el σήμα (visible sign) · ru запи́ска (memorandum) · cy nodyn (visible sign) · vi bút ký (memorandum) · sh zapážānje (observation) · fi merkki (visible sign) · ru заме́тка (memorandum) · pl renoma (reputation; distinction) · be но́та (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · ko 노트 (memorandum) · be запі́ска (memorandum) · ro semn (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · id not (musical sound) · mk белешка (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · el διακοίνωση (diplomatic missive or written communication) · uk циду́лка (memorandum) · sh nóta (musical sound) · alt нота (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · pl uwaga (observation) · sh cȅdulja (short informal letter) · eu ohar (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · fa نت (memorandum) · el σημείωμα (short informal letter) · de Ton (musical sound) · it nota (memorandum) · es nota (memorandum) · it nota a margine (marginal comment or explanation) · el πλήκτρο (key of the piano or organ) · mk забелешка (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · lt nata (musical sound) · ro notă (memorandum) · it nota (musical sound) · fi maine (reputation; distinction) · cs nóta (diplomatic missive or written communication) · fi nuotti (musical sound) · ota تذكره (memorandum) · ru примеча́ние (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · sh у̏гле̄д (reputation; distinction) · hu jegyzet (memorandum) · ru примеча́ние (marginal comment or explanation) · la nota (visible sign) · nl bemerking (observation) · mk забелешка (marginal comment or explanation) · pt aviso (short informal letter) · la nota (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · be заме́тка (memorandum) · el νότα (musical sound) · ka ნოტა (musical sound) · it richiamo (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · ru знак (visible sign) · sl nota (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · sl opomba (marginal comment or explanation) · ca nota (musical sound) · be ната́тка (short informal letter) · el παρατήρηση (observation) · pl nuta (musical sound) · pl notatka (memorandum) · mk белешка (memorandum) · cmn 便條 /便条 (short informal letter) · pt bilhete (short informal letter) · et noot (musical sound) · mi orotangi (musical sound) · ta சுரம் (musical sound) · tr nota (diplomatic missive or written communication) · sh zȁbilješka (memorandum) · de Notiz (short informal letter) · kk нота (musical sound) · af noot (musical sound) · nl noot (marginal comment or explanation) · ja 音符 (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · bg но́та (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · tr işaret (marginal comment or explanation) · cy nodyn (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · es membrete (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · de Notiz (marginal comment or explanation) · es nota (musical sound) · sh це̏дуља (short informal letter) · mk забелешка (observation) · sv not (musical sound) · sk nota (musical sound) · he תָּו (musical sound) · fi havainto (observation) · ru поме́тка (mark, or sign, made to call attention) · mk забелешка (short informal letter) · cs tón (musical sound) · lv zīmīte (memorandum) · vi âm phù (musical sound) · sl nota (musical sound) · el σημείωση (marginal comment or explanation) · as টোকা (short informal letter) · mi nōti (written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment) · tl tiknig (musical sound) · bg беле́жка (memorandum) · el υποσχετική επιστολή (written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment) · ca nota (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · fi muistutus (memorandum) · cs poznámka (marginal comment or explanation) · nl nota (memorandum) · pt nota (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) · pl notka (short informal letter) · ka ნოტა (diplomatic missive or written communication) · uk нота́тка (memorandum) · uk запи́ска (short informal letter) · be но́та (diplomatic missive or written communication) · bg беле́жка (marginal comment or explanation) · uk замі́тка (memorandum)