Definitions for keynoteˈkiˌnoʊt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
key•noteˈkiˌnoʊt(n.; v.)-not•ed, -not•ing.
(n.)the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; tonic.
Category: Music and Dance
the central idea, principle, policy, or the like of a speech, program, thought, political campaign, etc.
Category: Government
Category: Common Vocabulary, Government
Ref: keynote address.
(v.t.)to deliver a keynote address at.
Category: Government
to serve as the keynote for.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Government
(v.i.)to provide a keynote address.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Government
Origin of keynote:
1755–65
key′not`er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
keynote(noun)
the principal theme in a speech or literary work
keynote(noun)
a fundamental or central idea
tonic, keynote(verb)
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale
keynote(verb)
set the keynote of
"Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"
keynote(verb)
give the keynote address to (an audience)
Wiktionary
keynote(Noun)
The note on which a musical key is based.
keynote(Noun)
The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
keynote(Noun)
A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
keynote(Verb)
To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering.
Webster Dictionary
Keynote(noun)
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
Keynote(noun)
the fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon
Translations for keynote
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
keynote(noun)
the chief note in a musical key.
- grondtoonAfrikaans
- النغَمَة الرَّئيسيَّة في المفتاح الموسيقيArabic
- основен тонBulgarian
- tônicaPortuguese (BR)
- tónikaCzech
- der GrundtonGerman
- grundtoneDanish
- τονική βαθμίδα (μουσ.)Greek
- tónicaSpanish
- põhitoonEstonian
- نت پایهFarsi
- perussävelFinnish
- toniqueFrench
- בְּסִיס הַסוּלָםHebrew
- किसी भाषण या किताब की मुख्य बातHindi
- temeljni tonCroatian
- alaphangHungarian
- nada dasarIndonesian
- grunntónnIcelandic
- tonicaItalian
- 主音Japanese
- 으뜸음Korean
- pagrindinis tonas, tonikaLithuanian
- tonikaLatvian
- not nadaMalay
- grondtoonDutch
- grunntoneNorwegian
- tonika, ton podstawowyPolish
- مفتاح،رهنما،متن نوشته شده موسيقىPersian
- د موسيقي ليكل شوې متنPashto
- tónicaPortuguese
- tonică, notă fundamentalăRomanian
- тоникаRussian
- tóninaSlovak
- osnovni glasSlovenian
- osnovni tonSerbian
- grundtonSwedish
- ระดับเสียงหลักThai
- ana/esas notaTurkish
- 主音Chinese (Trad.)
- основна нота ключа, тональністьUkrainian
- کسی موسیقی کی کلید کا اہم سرUrdu
- âm chủ đạoVietnamese
- 基调Chinese (Simp.)
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