keynote
the main idea or central principle of a speech, program, thought, action, etc.
the policy line to be followed, as by a party in a political campaign, that is set forth authoritatively in advance by an address or other formal announcement.
to announce the policy of (a political party, campaign, assembly, etc.); deliver a keynote address at: The governor will keynote the convention.
to serve as the keynote for.
Music. to give the keynote of.
to provide a keynote, especially a keynote address: He refused an invitation to keynote.
Origin of keynote
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How to use keynote in a sentence
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Europe urged to block Google-Fitbit ahead of major digital policy overhaul | Natasha Lomas | December 11, 2020 | TechCrunchMake diversity in your speaker line-ups and keynotes a top priority.
I flew to Peru to hear her give a keynote speech at an international conference.
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An Open Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder: It’s Not About Race | Ron Christie | July 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Pence, who was slated to keynote this conference in just a few minutes?
He was a soaring star from the moment he finished his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
Daring ambition rather than any merely abstract virtue was the keynote of her character.
Dope | Sax RohmerThese are the keynote of the great Republic, dominating all other chords, sacrificing harmony to noise, beauty to bulk.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanThe keynote is the oath which, in all ages and in all languages, passion seems to generate with but very little assistance.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanThat song had been the keynote to her new life, and it seemed now as if it were also to be the final benediction.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThis humanity of Holbach's is the very keynote of his character and of his intellectual life as well.
Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson Cushing
British Dictionary definitions for keynote
/ (ˈkiːˌnəʊt) /
a central or determining principle in a speech, literary work, etc
(as modifier): a keynote speech
the note upon which a scale or key is based; tonic
to deliver a keynote address to (a political convention, etc)
to outline (political issues, policy, etc) in or as in a keynote address
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