keynote
/ˈkiːˌnoʊt/noun, verb2 syllables
Keynote means: (music) the first note of a diatonic scale.
Synonyms for keynote1
noun, as in (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
What does keynote mean?5
noun
1
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale
2
the principal theme in a speech or literary work
3
a fundamental or central idea
verb
1
set the keynote of“Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection”
2
give the keynote address to (an audience)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Keynote in a sentence
- She has been invited to give the keynote speech at their annual conference.Vanilla
- Airtel Bangladesh CIO Lutfar Rahman read the keynote at the workshop.robingaspi
- Tom Jackson will be the conference's keynote speaker.shekitten
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of keynote
as a noun
- plural
- keynotes
as a verb
- third-person singular
- keynotes
- present participle
- keynoting
- past participle
- keynoted
- past tense
- keynoted