note.
A symbol or annotation.
Meaning & usage
A 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.
A symbol or annotation. 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.
A symbol or annotation. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
A written or printed communication or commitment. A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash.
A written or printed communication or commitment. A short informal letter; a billet.
A written or printed communication or commitment. An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
A written or printed communication or commitment. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
A written or printed communication or commitment. A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
a promissory note
a note of hand
A written or printed communication or commitment. A list of items or of charges; an account.
A written or printed communication or commitment. A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote.
I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note.
A written or printed communication or commitment. A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
A sound. A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
A sound. A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
A sound. A key of the piano or organ.
A sound. A call or song of a bird.
A sound. An indicator to which the player must correctly time some input.
An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category.
Observation; notice; heed.
Reputation; distinction.
a poet of note
A critical comment.
Your performance was fantastic! I have just one note: you were a little flat in bars 35 and 36.
Notification; information; intelligence.
Mark of disgrace.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
If you look to the left, you can note the old cathedral.
Note the difference between progesterone and progrestogen: the former is simply a type of the latter.
To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
We noted his speech.
To denote; to designate.
The modular multiplicative inverse of x may be noted x⁻¹.
To annotate.
To set down in musical characters.
To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
Where this word comes from
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”).
That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
Milk-giving by a cow or sow; (specifically) the period following calving or farrowing, during which a cow or sow is most productive and useful.
The milk given by a cow or sow during such period.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English note (“use, usefulness, profit”), from Old English notu (“use, enjoyment, advantage, profit, utility”), from Proto-West Germanic *notu, from Proto-Germanic *nutō (“enjoyment, utilisation”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”). Cognate with West Frisian not (“yield, produce, crop”), Dutch genot (“enjoyment, pleasure”), Dutch nut (“usefulness, utility, behoof”), German Nutzen (“benefit, usefulness, utility”), Icelandic not (“use”, noun). Related also to Old English notian (“to enjoy, make use of, employ”), Old English nēotan (“to use, enjoy”), Old High German niozan (“to use, enjoy”) (Modern German genießen (“to enjoy”)), Modern German benutzen (“to use”). Related to nait.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.