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notes, noting, noted

1) N-COUNT A note is a short letter.

Stevens wrote him a note asking him to come to his apartment...

I'll have to leave a note for Karen.

Syn:

message

2) N-COUNT A note is something that you write down to remind yourself of something.

I knew that if I didn't make a note I would lose the thought so I asked to borrow a pen or pencil...

Take notes during the consultation as the final written report is very concise.

3) N-COUNT In a book or article, a note is a short piece of additional information.

See Note 16 on page p. 223.

...`Exiles' by James Joyce, edited with an Introduction and notes by J C C Mays.

Syn:

annotation

4) N-COUNT: with supp A note is a short document that has to be signed by someone and that gives official information about something.

Since Mr Bennett was going to need some time off work, he asked for a sick note...

I've got half a ton of gravel in the lorry but he won't sign my delivery note.

5) N-COUNT You can refer to a banknote as a note. [BRIT]

They exchange travellers cheques at a different rate from notes.

...a five pound note.

(in AM, use bill)

6) N-COUNT: usu with supp In music, a note is the sound of a particular pitch, or a written symbol representing this sound.

She has a deep voice and doesn't even try for the high notes...

If the note of D is sounded on a harp, all the corresponding D strings of other octaves will likewise resonate.

7) N-SING: with supp, usu N of n You can use note to refer to a particular quality in someone's voice that shows how they are feeling.

There is an unmistakable note of nostalgia in his voice when he looks back on the early years of the family business...

It was not difficult for him to catch the note of bitterness in my voice.

Syn:

tone

8) N-SING: with supp You can use note to refer to a particular feeling, impression, or atmosphere.

Yesterday's testimony began on a note of passionate but civilized disagreement...

Somehow he tells these stories without a note of horror...

The furniture strikes a traditional note which is appropriate to its Edwardian setting.

9) VERB If you note a fact, you become aware of it.

[V n] The White House has noted his promise to support any attack that was designed to enforce the UN resolutions...

[V that] Suddenly, I noted that the rain had stopped...

[V wh] At every stage people noted how painstaking he was about personal relations with constituents, party workers and civil servants.

Syn:

notice

10) VERB If you tell someone to note something, you are drawing their attention to it.

[V n] Note the statue to Sallustio Bandini, a prominent Sienese...

[V that] Please note that there are a limited number of tickets.

Syn:

observe

11) VERB If you note something, you mention it in order to draw people's attention to it.

[V that] The report notes that export and import volumes picked up in leading economies...

The yearbook also noted a sharp drop in reported cases of sexually transmitted disease.

Syn:

observe, remark

12) VERB When you note something, you write it down as a record of what has happened.

[V with quote] `He has had his tonsils out and has been ill, too,' she noted in her diary...

[V n] One policeman was clearly visible noting the number plates of passing cars...

[V wh] A guard came and took our names and noted where each of us was sitting. [Also V that]

Syn:

log

13) → See also , promissory note, sleeve note

14) PHR-RECIP: V inflects, oft PHR on n, PHR with n If you compare notes with someone on a particular subject, you talk to them and find out whether their opinion, information, or experience is the same as yours.

The women were busily comparing notes on the queen's outfit...

They exchanged greetings, compared notes on their wives and families, and finally got down to business.

Syn:

discuss

15) PHRASE: n PHR Someone or something that is of note is important, worth mentioning, or well-known.

...politicians of note...

He has published nothing of note in the last ten years.

Syn:

of consequence

16) PHRASE: V inflects If someone or something strikes a particular note or sounds a particular note, they create a particular feeling, impression, or atmosphere.

Before his first round of discussions, Mr Baker sounded an optimistic note...

Plants growing out of cracks in paving strike the right note up a cottage-garden path.

17) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR of n, PHR that If you take note of something, you pay attention to it because you think that it is important or significant.

Take note of the weather conditions...

They took note that she showed no surprise at the news of the murder.

18) to make a mental note → see mental

Phrasal Verbs:

- note down