note
[ noht ]
/ noʊt /
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noun
verb (used with object), not·ed, not·ing.
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Idioms about note
compare notes, to exchange views, ideas, or impressions: The returning tourists were sitting on the sun deck comparing notes.
Origin of note
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English (<Old French ) <Medieval Latin nota sign for musical tone, Latin: mark, sign, lettering; (v.) Middle English noten<Old French noter to mark <Latin notāre, derivative of the noun
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3. See remark.
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British Dictionary definitions for note
note
/ (nəʊt) /
noun
verb (tr; may take a clause as object)
See also notes
Derived forms of note
noteless, adjectiveWord Origin for note
C13: via Old French from Latin nota sign, indication
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Other Idioms and Phrases with note
note
see bread and butter letter (note); compare notes; make a note of; of note; strike the right note; take note; take notes.
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