note noun
1 short letter
ADJ. brief, little, quick, short Just a quick note to wish you luck. | handwritten | covering, credit, delivery, love, promissory, ransom, sick, suicide, thank-you
VERB + NOTE scribble (sb), write (sb) | send (sb) | leave (sb) She left me a note to say my supper was in the fridge.
PHRASES a note of thanks
2 (often notes) words that you write down quickly
ADJ. brief | copious, detailed | scrappy | lecture | case, clinical, medical
VERB + NOTE jot down, keep, make, take She kept detailed notes of her travels. | go through, look through, read through, sift through
PREP. ~ of I've made a note of the book's title. | ~ on The catalogue has full notes on each artist.
PHRASES make a mental note (of sth/to do sth) She made a mental note to ring them in the morning.
3 (usually notes) extra piece of information
ADJ. detailed | explanatory | introductory | marginal | biographical | briefing, programme, usage
4 piece of paper money
ADJ. crumpled | five-pound, ten-euro, etc.
QUANT. bundle, roll, wad a thick wad of notes
5 single musical sound
ADJ. high, top She's a bit wobbly on the top notes. | low | right | wrong | musical | dissonant | chromatic, diatonic
VERB + NOTE play, sing | hit, strike | hold
6 quality/feeling
ADJ. brighter, cheerful, happier, lighter, optimistic, positive On a brighter note … | discordant, jarring, sad, sour | faint | serious | right His opening remarks struck the right note. | odd | false | cautionary, warning He sounded a cautionary note. | personal
VERB + 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/enter sb's voice
PREP. ~ of A note of suspicion entered his voice.
PHRASES a note in sb's voice There was a sad note in her voice. | on a brighter/happier, etc. note
7 notice/attention
ADJ. careful
VERB + NOTE take He took careful note of the suspicious-looking man in the corner of the bar.
PHRASES worthy of note The frescoes are worthy of note.