Note Meaning
/ˈnəʊ̯t/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA symbol or annotation.
nounA 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.
Sentence Examples
The meeting ended on an optimistic note.
Please note the change in the meeting agenda.
Note the fine early Baroque altar inside the chapel.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The musician played a long, clear ____ that echoed through the concert hall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I took a quick ____ of his phone number so that I wouldn't forget it later.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
"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:
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The musician played a long, clear ____ that echoed through the concert hall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I took a quick ____ of his phone number so that I wouldn't forget it later.