- note
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 short letterADJECTIVE▪ brief, little, quick, short▪
Just a quick note to wish you luck.
▪ handwritten, scribbled▪ cover (AmE), covering (BrE), credit, delivery (BrE), love, promissory, ransom, sick (BrE), suicide, thank-you▪ Post-it™, sticky (esp. AmE)▪Never write your password on a sticky note!
▪ crumpledVERB + NOTE▪ scribble (sb), write (sb)▪ send (sb)▪ leave (sb)▪She left me a note to say my dinner was in the oven.
▪ pass▪I saw you two passing notes during class.
▪ signPHRASES▪ a note of thanks2 (often notes) words that you write down quicklyADJECTIVE▪ brief▪ copious, detailed, extensive▪ lecture▪ field▪ case, clinical (esp. BrE), medical (esp. BrE)VERB + NOTE▪ jot down, keep, make, take▪She kept detailed notes of her travels.
▪ go through, look through, read through, sift through▪ compare (usually figurative)▪Let's compare notes on our experiences.
PREPOSITION▪ note of▪I've made a note of the book's title.
▪ note on▪The booklet has full notes on each artist.
PHRASES▪ make a mental note (of sth/to do sth)▪She made a mental note to call them in the morning.
3 (usually notes) extra piece of informationADJECTIVE▪ detailed, extensive▪ explanatory, helpful, informative▪ interesting▪ introductory▪ marginal, side▪ biographical▪ booklet, liner, sleeve (BrE)▪ briefing (esp. BrE), programme/program4 (esp. BrE) piece of paper money ⇨ See also ↑billADJECTIVE▪ five-pound, ten-euro, etc.▪ crumpled… OF NOTES▪ bundle, roll, wad▪a thick wad of notes
5 single musical soundADJECTIVE▪ high, top▪She's a little wobbly on the top notes.
▪ low▪ right▪ wrong▪ musical▪ dissonant▪ whole, half, quarter, eighth, etc. (all AmE)VERB + NOTE▪ play, sing▪ hit, strike▪ hold6 quality/feelingADJECTIVE▪ brighter, cheerful, happier, hopeful, lighter, optimistic, positive, upbeat▪On a brighter note …
▪ related, unrelated▪On a completely unrelated note …
▪ discordant, false, sad, sombre/somber, sour▪ faint▪a faint note of bitterness in his voice
▪ serious▪ right▪His opening remarks struck the right note.
▪ odd▪ cautionary, warning▪He sounded a cautionary note.
▪ personalVERB + NOTE▪ hit, sound, strike▪ inject, introduce▪His remarks injected a note of levity into the proceedings.
▪ detect▪I detected a faint note of weariness in his voice.
▪ end on▪The conference ended on an optimistic note.
NOTE + VERB▪ creep into sb's voice, enter sb's voicePREPOSITION▪ note of▪A note of suspicion entered his voice.
PHRASES▪ a note in sb's voice▪There was a sad note in her voice.
7 notice/attentionADJECTIVE▪ carefulVERB + NOTE▪ take▪He took careful note of the suspicious-looking man in the corner of the bar.
PHRASES▪ worthy of note▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The sculptures are worthy of note.
verbADVERB▪ carefully▪ briefly, in passing▪He noted in passing that the government's record on unemployment was not very good.
▪ duly▪Your objections have been duly noted.
▪Her lapse was duly noted by the stage manager and reported to the director.
▪ above, already, earlier, previously▪These policies, as noted above, are not always successful.
▪ approvingly▪ ruefully▪ drily, pointedly, wrylyVERB + NOTE▪ should▪Visitors should note that the tower is not open to the public.
▪ be important to▪ be interesting to▪ be pleased to▪I was pleased to note that my name had been spelled correctly for once.
PHRASES▪ be worth noting▪There are a few points here that are worth noting.
▪ it must be noted that … , it should be noted that …▪ a point to note▪There are two other points to note from this graph.
Note is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑author, ↑document, ↑observer, ↑panel, ↑report, ↑researcherNote is used with these nouns as the object: ↑change, ↑difference, ↑discrepancy, ↑distinction, ↑effect, ↑importance, ↑improvement, ↑parallel, ↑passing, ↑resemblance, ↑sarcasm, ↑similarity, ↑suggestion
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
