notes

¹ British  

/ nəʊts /

plural noun

1. short descriptive or summarized jottings taken down for future reference

2. a record of impressions, reflections, etc, esp as a literary form

---

NOTES ² British  

/ nəʊts /

abbreviation

1. natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, a surgical technique for operating on internal organs through bodily orifices

---

Example Sentences

He quickly abandoned his notes after being criticised for sounding stilted, and started speaking "from the heart", he told me in an interview earlier this year.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

He also likes BlackRock, owner of the popular iShares ETF brand, which he notes has steadily grown revenue over the past decade but hasn’t meaningfully expanded margins.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

As Coleman notes, “I would see if it’s part of a long-standing pattern and think about the psychological cost to you.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

For instance, Grace uses his laptops, “waveform-analysis software” and Excel to prompt Rocky to identify numbers in his own language of notes and chords before eventually becoming fluent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Instead, I just shake my head, like maybe I have notes but don’t need to review them.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz