note

¹note

verb \ˈnōt\

not·ednot·ing

Definition of NOTE

transitive verb

1

a : to notice or observe with care b : to record or preserve in writing

2

a : to make special mention of or remark on b : indicate, show

— not·er noun

Examples of NOTE

1. You may have noted my late arrival.
2. The thing to note here is that people are suffering.
3. It's interesting to note how quickly things have changed.
4. Their objections were duly noted.
5. As one official noted, the situation has begun to get out of control.
6. As noted above most people survive the disease.
7. “They've asked us to leave,” he noted with amusement.

Origin of NOTE

Middle English, from Anglo-French noter, from Latin notare to mark, note, from nota

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to NOTE

Synonyms: allow, comment, editorialize, remark, observe, opine, reflect, weigh in

Antonyms: disregard, ignore, tune out

Related Words: commentate; articulate, express, say, speak, state, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize; conjecture, daresay, guess, speculate, suppose, surmise

Near Antonyms: disregard, ignore, neglect, overpass, pass over; miss, overlook

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Rhymes with NOTE

bloat, boat, coat, cote, dote, float, gloat, goat, groat, haute, moat, mote, oat, quote, rote, shoat, stoat, throat, tote, vote