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KEYNOTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fundamental or central idea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("keynote" is a kind of...):
idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)
Derivation:
keynote (set the keynote of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale
Synonyms:
keynote; tonic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("keynote" is a kind of...):
musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "keynote"):
C ((music) the keynote of the scale of C major)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The principal theme in a speech or literary work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("keynote" is a kind of...):
subject; theme; topic (the subject matter of a conversation or discussion)
Holonyms ("keynote" is a part of...):
keynote address; keynote speech (a speech setting forth the keynote)
Derivation:
keynote (give the keynote address to (an audience))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set the keynote of
Example:
Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "keynote" is one way to...):
set (put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
keynote (a fundamental or central idea)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give the keynote address to (an audience)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "keynote" is one way to...):
address; speak (give a speech to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
keynote (the principal theme in a speech or literary work)
