Definition of keynote
English to English
noun
the principal theme in a speech or literary work source: WordNet 3.0
a fundamental or central idea source: WordNet 3.0
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale source: WordNet 3.0
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 . source: Webster 1913
verb
set the keynote of Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection.
source: WordNet 3.0
give the keynote address to (an audience) source: WordNet 3.0
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keynote , knot , kent , kyanite , knout , knotweed , konite , kwento , kamote , kwenta , kinate , knotty , kenyata , kuwento , kennedy , kuwenta , knitted , khanate , kainite , knit
