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note

/nəʊt/

noun

Meaning

  • (heading) A symbol or annotation.

  • (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment.

  • (heading) A sound.

  • Observation; notice; heed.

  • Reputation; distinction.

    "a poet of note"

  • Notification; information; intelligence.

  • Mark of disgrace.

Synonyms

blemish,
blot,
brand,
reproach,
stain,
stigma,
taint,
attention,
mark

verb

Meaning

  • To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

    "If you look to the left, you can note the old cathedral."

  • 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.