Definition of Note

Note

1. To butt; to push with the horns.
2. Know not; knows not.
3. Nut.
4. Need; needful business.
5. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
6. 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.
7. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
8. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
9. 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.
10. A short informal letter; a billet.
11. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
12. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
13. A list of items or of charges; an account.
14. A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:
15. A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
16. A key of the piano or organ.
17. Observation; notice; heed.
18. Notification; information; intelligence.
19. State of being under observation.
20. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.
21. Stigma; brand; reproach.
22. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.
23. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
24. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.
25. To denote; to designate.
26. To annotate.
27. To set down in musical characters.