"keynote" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkiːˌnoʊt/ [US] Forms: keynotes [plural]
Etymology: key + note Etymology templates: {{compound|en|key|note}} key + note Head templates: {{en-noun}} keynote (plural keynotes)
  1. A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address. Translations (speech that sets the main theme): pääpuhe (Finnish), avauspuhe (Finnish), Hauptvortrag [masculine] (German), Hauptrede [feminine] (German), presentazione [feminine] (Italian), inledningsföredrag [neuter] (Swedish), nyckelanförande [neuter] (Swedish), öppningstal [neuter] (Swedish), diwampati (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-keynote-en-noun-O6MGG6ns Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 11 19 12 Disambiguation of 'speech that sets the main theme': 56 39 5
  2. The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
    Sense id: en-keynote-en-noun-Q3MadfBM
  3. (music) The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-keynote-en-noun-aWrIKuep Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: keynoter, keynote speech Translations (main theme): основна мисъл (osnovna misǎl) (Bulgarian), pääaihe (Finnish), ლეიტმოტივი (leiṭmoṭivi) (Georgian), ძირითადი მოტივი (ʒiritadi moṭivi) (Georgian), Grundgedanke [masculine] (German), Leitgedanke [masculine] (German), Hauptgedanke [masculine] (German), Tenor [masculine] (German), Kernthema [neuter] (German), Hauptthema [masculine] (German), argomento [feminine] (Italian), bun-smooinaght [feminine] (Manx), nić przewodnia [feminine] (Polish), tema [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'main theme': 43 49 8

Verb

IPA: /ˈkiːˌnoʊt/ [US] Forms: keynotes [present, singular, third-person], keynoting [participle, present], keynoted [participle, past], keynoted [past]
Etymology: key + note Etymology templates: {{compound|en|key|note}} key + note Head templates: {{en-verb}} keynote (third-person singular simple present keynotes, present participle keynoting, simple past and past participle keynoted)
  1. (transitive) To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keynote-en-verb-oo0Gj5cd

Inflected forms

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