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Noun note has 9 senses

note, short letter, line, billet - a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
--₁ is a kind of personal letter
--₁ has particulars: excuse
note - a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment"
--₂ is a kind of written record, written account
--₂ has particulars:
jotting, jot; memo, memorandum, memoranda; minute

Derived form: verb note₄
note - 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"
--₃ is a kind of air, aura, atmosphere

bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback - a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
--₄ is a kind of paper money, folding money, paper currency
--₄ has particulars:

silver certificate; hundred dollar bill, c-note; fifty dollar bill, fifty; twenty dollar bill, twenty; tenner, ten dollar bill; fiver, five-spot, five dollar bill; two dollar bill; dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam

note, musical note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
--₅ is a kind of musical notation
--₅ is a member of scale, musical scale
--₅ has particulars:

note, annotation, notation - 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"
--₆ is a kind of comment, commentary
--₆ has particulars:
poste restante; citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation; footnote, footer; nota bene, NB, N.B.; postscript, PS

Derived forms: verb note₁, verb annotate₁, verb annotate₂
eminence, distinction, preeminence, note - high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"
--₇ is a kind of high status
--₇ has particulars: king
note - a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice"
--₈ is a kind of tone, tone of voice
note, promissory note, note of hand - a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank"
--₉ is a kind of debt instrument, certificate of indebtedness
--₉ has particulars:
demand note; note receivable; note payable; municipal note; IOU; time note

Verb note has 4 senses

note, observe, mention, remark - make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"
--₁ is one way to state, say, tell

Derived form: noun note₆
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
notice, mark, note - notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
note, take note, observe - observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
note, take down - make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"
--₄ is one way to write down, set down, get down, put down

Derived forms: noun note₂, noun notation₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE