note

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a characteristic emotional quality

   it ended on a sour note

2. 2
   noun

   a brief written record

   I made a note of the appointment.

3. 3
   noun

   a comment or instruction usually added

   Their notes were appended at the end of the article.

4. 4
   noun

   a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

   the singer held the note too long

5. 5
   noun

   a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling

   There was a note of uncertainty in my voice.

6. 6
   noun

   a piece of paper money, especially one issued by a central bank

   The buyer peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes.

7. 7
   noun

   a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time

   I had to co-sign their note at the bank.

8. 8
   verb

   make a written note of

   I noted everything the teacher said that morning.

Etymology

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…