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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