note /ˈnot/
 筆記,記錄,注解,評論,符號,顯要,備忘錄,便箋,照會(vt.)記錄,注解,注意


 note
 詮釋; 註解; 註; 注意事項; 附註; 摘記; 符號; 記號; 標誌 NTE


 note
 註釋


 Note v. t.  To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.]


 Note  Know not; knows not. [Obs.]


 Note, n. Nut. [Obs.]


 Note, n.  Need; needful business. [Obs.]


 Note, n.
 1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
    Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession.   --Hooker.
    She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous.   --J. H. Newman.
    What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all  !   --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
 2. 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.
 3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
    The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations.   --Felton.
 4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
 5. pl. 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.
 6. A short informal letter; a billet.
 7. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
 8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
 9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [Obs.]
    Here is now the smith's note for shoeing.   --Shak.
 10. Mus. (a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence: (b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. (c) A key of the piano or organ.
    The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note.   --Milton.
    That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann.   --W. Pater.
 11. Observation; notice; heed.
 Give orders to my servants that they take
 No note at all of our being absent hence.   --Shak.
 12. Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.]
    The king . . . shall have note of this.   --Shak.
 13. State of being under observation. [Obs.]
    Small matters . . . continually in use and in note.   --Bacon.
 14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.
    There was scarce a family of note which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold.   --Prescott.
 15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [Obs.]
 Note of hand, a promissory note.


 Note v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting.]
 1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.
    No more of that; I have noted it well.   --Shak.
 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
    Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.   --Maccaulay.
 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.]
    They were both noted of incontinency.   --Dryden.
 4. To denote; to designate.
 5. To annotate. [R.]
 6. To set down in musical characters.
 To note a bill or To note a draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

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 note
      n 1: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
           [syn: short letter, line, billet]
      2: a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment"
      3: a characteristic emotional quality; "it ended on a sour
         note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he
         detected a note of sarcasm"
      4: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central
         bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn:
          bill, government note, bank bill, banker's bill,
         bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback]
      5: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical
         sound; "the singer held the note too long" [syn: {musical
         note, tone]
      6: a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were
         appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short
         notation to the address on the envelope" [syn: annotation,
          notation]
      7: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
         scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction,
          preeminence]
      8: a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling;
         "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice"
      9: a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a
         certain time; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank"
         [syn: promissory note, note of hand]
      v 1: make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up
           too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go
           sailing" [syn: observe, mention, remark]
      2: notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following
         her"; "mark my words" [syn: notice, mark] [ant: ignore]
      3: observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of
         this chemical reaction" [syn: take note, observe]
      4: make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher
         said that morning" [syn: take down]