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note
A	noun
	1	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚air; aura; atmosphere ╚note
	2	note
			a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚indication; indicant ╚evidence ╚record ╚written record; written account ╚note ╚minute ╚memo; memorandum; memoranda ╚jotting; jot
	3	note, short letter, line, billet
			a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚matter ╚text; textual matter ╚letter; missive ╚personal letter ╚note, short letter, line, billet ╚excuse
	4	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚comment; commentary ╚note, annotation, notation ╚postscript; PS ╚nota bene; NB; N.B. ╚footnote; footer ╚citation; acknowledgment; credit; reference; mention; quotation ╚poste restante
	5	note, musical note, tone
			a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing ╚notation; notational system ╚musical notation ╚note, musical note, tone ╚passing note; passing tone ╚chord ╚middle C ╚trill; shake ╚pedal point; pedal ╚subtonic; leading tone ╚submediant ╚dominant ╚subdominant ╚mediant ╚supertonic ╚tonic; keynote
	6	note
			a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚expressive style; style ╚manner of speaking; speech; delivery ╚tone; tone of voice ╚note
	7	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚indicator ╚reference point; point of reference; reference ╚standard; criterion; measure; touchstone ╚medium of exchange; monetary system ╚currency ╚paper money; folding money; paper currency ╚bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback ╚dollar; dollar bill; one dollar bill; buck; clam ╚two dollar bill ╚fiver; five-spot; five dollar bill ╚tenner; ten dollar bill ╚twenty dollar bill; twenty ╚fifty dollar bill; fifty ╚hundred dollar bill; c-note ╚silver certificate
	8	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚document ╚debt instrument; certificate of indebtedness ╚note, promissory note, note of hand ╚time note ╚IOU ╚municipal note ╚note payable ╚note receivable ╚demand note
	9	eminence, distinction, preeminence, note
			high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"
		Category Tree: state ╚status; position ╚high status ╚eminence, distinction, preeminence, note ╚king
B	verb
	1	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"
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚note, observe, mention, remark ╚comment; notice; remark; point out
	2	note, take down
			make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚write ╚write down; set down; get down; put down ╚note, take down
	3	notice, mark, note
			notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"

	4	note, take note, observe
			observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction"

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