note

  1. Noun.  (context, UK) Use; employment.
  2. Noun.  Utility; profit; advantage; foredeal; benefit; pains.
  3. Noun.  Affair, matter, concern.
  4. Noun.  Business; undertaking; task, duty; purpose.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, UK) To use; make use of; employ.
  6. Verb.  (transitive, UK) To use for food; eat.
  7. Noun.  A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
  8. Noun.  A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
  9. Noun.  A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
  10. Noun.  A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
  11. Noun.  A short informal letter; a billet.
  12. Noun.  A diplomatic missive or written communication.
  13. Noun.  (finance) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory '''note'''; a '''note''' of hand; a negotiable '''note'''.
  14. Noun.  A piece of paper money; a banknote.
  15. Noun.  A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
  16. Noun.  (music) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
  17. Noun.  (music) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
  18. Noun.  (music) A key of the piano or organ.
  19. Noun.  Observation; notice; heed.
  20. Noun.  Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of '''note'''.
  21. Verb.  (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
  22. Verb.  (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
  23. Verb.  (transitive) To denote; to designate.
  24. Verb.  (transitive) To annotate.
  25. Verb.  (transitive) To set down in musical characters.

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