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| n. (communication) | 1. note | a brief written record.; "he made a note of the appointment" |
| ~ written account, written record | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events. |
| ~ jot, jotting | a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note. |
| ~ marginalia | notes written in the margin. |
| ~ memo, memoranda, memorandum | a written proposal or reminder. |
| ~ minute | a short note.; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting" |
| n. (communication) | 2. billet, line, note, short letter | a short personal letter.; "drop me a line when you get there" |
| ~ personal letter | a letter dealing with personal affairs. |
| ~ excuse | a note explaining an absence.; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him" |
| n. (communication) | 3. musical note, note, tone | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound.; "the singer held the note too long" |
| ~ musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians. |
| ~ musical scale, scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave). |
| ~ keynote, tonic | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale. |
| ~ supertonic | (music) the second note of a diatonic scale. |
| ~ mediant | (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant. |
| ~ subdominant | (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale. |
| ~ dominant | (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale. |
| ~ submediant | (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic). |
| ~ leading tone, subtonic | (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale. |
| ~ pedal, pedal point | a sustained bass note. |
| ~ trill, shake | a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it. |
| ~ middle c | the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz. |
| ~ chord | a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together. |
| ~ passing note, passing tone | a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes. |
| ~ semibreve, whole note | a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time). |
| ~ half note, minim | a musical note having the time value of half a whole note. |
| ~ quarter note, crotchet | a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note. |
| ~ eighth note, quaver | a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note. |
| ~ semiquaver, sixteenth note | a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note. |
| ~ demisemiquaver, thirty-second note | a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note. |
| ~ hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note | a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note. |
| ~ acciaccatura, appoggiatura, grace note | an embellishing note usually written in smaller size. |
| ~ blue note | a flattened third or seventh. |
| ~ monotone | a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts). |
| n. (communication) | 4. note | a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling.; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice" |
| ~ tone, tone of voice | the quality of a person's voice.; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. note | a characteristic emotional quality.; "it ended on a sour note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he detected a note of sarcasm" |
| ~ air, aura, atmosphere | a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing.; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" |
| n. (possession) | 6. bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, federal reserve note, government note, greenback, note | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank).; "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" |
| ~ folding money, paper currency, paper money | currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie. |
| ~ silver certificate | formerly a bank note issued by the United States Treasury and redeemable in silver. |
| ~ c-note, hundred dollar bill | a United States bill worth 100 dollars. |
| ~ fifty dollar bill, fifty | a United States bill worth 50 dollars. |
| ~ twenty dollar bill, twenty | a United States bill worth 20 dollars. |
| ~ ten dollar bill, tenner | a United States bill worth 10 dollars. |
| ~ five-spot, five dollar bill, fiver | a United States bill worth 5 dollars. |
| ~ two dollar bill | a United States bill worth 2 dollars. |
| ~ dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam, dollar | a piece of paper money worth one dollar. |
| n. (communication) | 7. annotation, notation, note | a comment or instruction (usually added).; "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" |
| ~ poste restante | a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada). |
| ~ commentary, comment | a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material.; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal" |
| ~ cite, quotation, acknowledgment, mention, reference, citation, credit | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" |
| ~ footnote, footer | a printed note placed below the text on a printed page. |
| ~ n.b., nota bene, nb | a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something.; "the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs" |
| ~ postscript, ps | a note appended to a letter after the signature. |
| n. (state) | 8. distinction, eminence, note, preeminence | high status importance owing to marked superiority.; "a scholar of great eminence" |
| ~ high status | a position of superior status. |
| ~ king | preeminence in a particular category or group or field.; "the lion is the king of beasts" |
| n. (possession) | 9. note, note of hand, promissory note | a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time.; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank" |
| ~ certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument, obligation | a written promise to repay a debt. |
| ~ demand note | a note payable on demand. |
| ~ note receivable | your right in a promissory note in which the maker promises to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time. |
| ~ note payable | a note promising to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time. |
| ~ municipal note | a municipal debt instrument with a maturity of less than 2 years. |
| ~ iou | an informal debt instrument; representing `I owe you'. |
| ~ time note | a note that specifies the time (or times) of repayment. |
| v. (communication) | 10. mention, note, observe, remark | make mention of.; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" |
| ~ say, state, tell | express in words.; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" |
| ~ comment, point out, remark, notice | make or write a comment on.; "he commented the paper of his colleague" |
| v. (perception) | 11. mark, note, notice | notice or perceive.; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ take notice | observe with special attention.; "Take notice of the great architecture" |
| v. (perception) | 12. note, observe, take note | observe with care or pay close attention to.; "Take note of this chemical reaction" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| v. (communication) | 13. note, take down | make a written note of.; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning" |
| ~ set down, write down, get down, put down | put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.. |
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