note

[ noht ]
/ noʊt /

noun

verb (used with object), not·ed, not·ing.

Idioms for note

    compare notes, to exchange views, ideas, or impressions: The returning tourists were sitting on the sun deck comparing notes.

Origin of note

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English (< Old French) < Medieval Latin nota sign for musical tone, Latin: mark, sign, lettering; (v.) Middle English noten < Old French noter to mark < Latin notāre, derivative of the noun

synonym study for note

3. See remark.

OTHER WORDS FROM note

Example sentences from the Web for notes

British Dictionary definitions for notes (1 of 3)

notes
/ (nəʊts) /

pl n

short descriptive or summarized jottings taken down for future reference
a record of impressions, reflections, etc, esp as a literary form

British Dictionary definitions for notes (2 of 3)

NOTES
/ (nəʊts) /

abbreviation for

natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, a surgical technique for operating on internal organs through bodily orifices

British Dictionary definitions for notes (3 of 3)

note
/ (nəʊt) /

noun

verb (tr; may take a clause as object)

See also notes

Derived forms of note

noteless, adjective

Word Origin for note

C13: via Old French from Latin nota sign, indication

Idioms and Phrases with notes

note

see bread and butter letter (note); compare notes; make a note of; of note; strike the right note; take note; take notes.