Definition of note

• v. t. - To butt; to push with the horns.
• - Know not; knows not.
• n. - Nut.
• n. - Need; needful business.
• n. - A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
• n. - A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
• n. - A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
• n. - A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
• n. - Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.
• n. - A short informal letter; a billet.
• n. - A diplomatic missive or written communication.
• n. - A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
• n. - A list of items or of charges; an account.
• n. - A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:
• n. - A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
• n. - A key of the piano or organ.
• n. - Observation; notice; heed.
• n. - Notification; information; intelligence.
• n. - State of being under observation.
• n. - Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.
• n. - Stigma; brand; reproach.
• n. - To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.
• n. - To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
• n. - To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.
• n. - To denote; to designate.
• n. - To annotate.
• n. - To set down in musical characters.