note

note · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A brief written record or message.

  2. 2.

    A short comment or explanation added to a text.

  3. 3.

    A single tone of definite pitch made by a musical instrument or voice.

  4. 4.

    A piece of paper money.

  5. 5.

    A particular quality or tone.

  6. 6.

    To notice or pay attention to something.

  7. 7.

    To write something down to remember it.

Forms

plural: notes

Related words

See also: memo, message, music, notice
Synonyms: annotation, memo, message, remark

Etymology

From Old French note, from Latin nota meaning "mark, sign, note, character," from the root of noscere meaning "to know." The musical sense developed in Medieval Latin.