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1. (n.) keynote
the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; tonic.
2. keynote
the central idea, principle, policy, or the like of a speech, program, thought, political campaign, etc.
3. (v.t.) keynote
to deliver a keynote address at.
4. keynote
to serve as the keynote for.
5. (v.i.) keynote
to provide a keynote address.
Etymology: (1755–65)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) keynote
the principal theme in a speech or literary work
2. (noun) keynote
a fundamental or central idea
3. (verb) tonic, keynote
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale
4. (verb) keynote
set the keynote of
"Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"
5. (verb) keynote
give the keynote address to (an audience)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) keynote
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. (noun) keynote
the fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon
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Sense: the chief note in a musical key.
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 Afrikaans: grondtoon |
 Arabic: النغَمَة الرَّئيسيَّة في |
 Bulgarian: основен тон |
 Brazilian: tônica |
 Czech: tónika |
 German: der Grundton |
 Danish: grundtone |
 Greek: τονική βαθμίδα (μουσ.) |
 Spanish: tónica |
 Estonian: põhitoon |
 Farsi: نت پایه |
 Finnish: perussävel |
 French: tonique |
 Hebrew: בְּסִיס הַסוּלָם |
 Hindi: किसी भाषण या किताब की मुख |
 Croatian: temeljni ton |
 Hungarian: alaphang |
 Indonesian: nada dasar |
 Icelandic: grunntónn |
 Italian: tonica |
 Japanese: 主音 |
 Korean: 으뜸음 |
 Lithuanian: pagrindinis tonas, tonika |
 Latvian: tonika |
 Malay: not nada |
 Dutch: grondtoon |
 Norwegian: grunntone |
 Polish: tonika, ton podstawowy |
 Persian: مفتاح،رهنما،متن نوشته شده |
 Pashto: د موسيقي ليكل شوې متن |
 Portuguese: tónica |
 Romanian: tonică, notă fundamentală |
 Russian: тоника |
 Slovak: tónina |
 Slovenian: osnovni glas |
 Serbian: osnovni ton |
 Swedish: grundton |
 Thai: ระดับเสียงหลัก |
 Turkish: ana/esas nota |
 Taiwanese: 主音 |
 Ukrainian: основна нота ключа, тонал |
 Urdu: کسی موسیقی کی کلید کا اہم |
 Vietnamese: âm chủ đạo |
 Chinese: 基调 |
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