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Definition of Keynote

1. Noun. The principal theme in a speech or literary work.

2. Verb. Set the keynote of. "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"

3. Noun. A fundamental or central idea.

4. Verb. Give the keynote address to (an audience).

5. Noun. (music) the first note of a diatonic scale.

Definition of Keynote

1. n. The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.

Definition of Keynote

1. Noun. (music) The note on which a musical key is based. ¹

2. Noun. The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference. ¹

3. Noun. A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Keynote

1. to deliver the main speech at a function [v -NOTED, -NOTING, -NOTES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keynote

keyite keyless keylike keyline keylines keylogger keyloggers keylogging keyman keymapping

keymappings keymask keymasks keymen keyness keynote (current term) keynote address keynote speech keynoted keynoter

keynoters keynotes keynoting keypad keypads keypal keypals keypath keypaths keyphrase

Literary usage of Keynote

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Making More Money in Storekeeping: By W. R. Hotchkin by William Rowland Hotchkin (1917)
"His party platform may stand for many policies, but the battle of votes is WON by picking out the right keynote and playing it to the limit, until people ..."

2. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"The space between the notes sounding in unison is termed an octave, and the note completing the octave may become the keynote of a similar succession of ..."

3. The Principles of Education by William Carl Ruediger (1910)
"Adjustment the keynote of Life. Adjustment, or adaptation, is the keynote of life throughout the plant and animal kingdoms. One sees it so constantly ..."

4. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1907)
"In MacMillan's Magazine Mr. HC Thomson* declares the keynote of Canada ... *The keynote of Canada. By HC Thomson. (Macmillan's Magazine, December, 1906, pp. ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"... XVI BISMARCK AND GERMAN UNITY THE keynote of Bismarck's policy is to be found in his resolve to drive Austria out of Germany and make Prussia the ..."

6. The History of the General Federation of Women's Clubs for the First Twenty by Mary I. Wood (1912)
"EDUCATION THE keynote The programs of the Department sessions have been presented ... Education was the keynote of the Biennial, and every session opened up ..."

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