| Pronunciation: | | 'kee`nowt
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| Matching Terms: | | keynote address, keynote software, keynote speech
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- [n] a fundamental or central idea
- [n] (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- [n] the principal theme in a speech or literary work
- [v] set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"
- [v] give the keynote address to (an audience)
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| | Synonyms: | | tonic |
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| | See Also: | | address, idea, keynote address, keynote speech, musical note, note, set, speak, subject, theme, thought, tone, topic |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Key"note`\, n.
1. (Mus.) 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}.
2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key;
as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.
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