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keynote

[ kee-noht ]

noun

  1. Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
  2. the main idea or central principle of a speech, program, thought, action, etc.
  3. the policy line to be followed, as by a party in a political campaign, that is set forth authoritatively in advance by an address or other formal announcement.


verb (used with object)

keynoted, keynoting.
  1. to announce the policy of (a political party, campaign, assembly, etc.); deliver a keynote address at:

    The governor will keynote the convention.

  2. to serve as the keynote for.
  3. Music. to give the keynote of.

verb (used without object)

keynoted, keynoting.
  1. to provide a keynote, especially a keynote address:

    He refused an invitation to keynote.

keynote

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noun

    1. a central or determining principle in a speech, literary work, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a keynote speech

  1. the note upon which a scale or key is based; tonic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to deliver a keynote address to (a political convention, etc)
  2. to outline (political issues, policy, etc) in or as in a keynote address
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of keynote1

First recorded in 1755–65; key 1 + note
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“I tend to be a little optimistic with time frames,†Musk told the crowd in a Tesla keynote speech in Burbank in October.

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But his keynote speech to the Bitcoin conference on Tuesday will, more than any other recent move, encapsulate the complicated ethical environment the family is embracing this time around.

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The alleged assailant — though his name wouldn’t be revealed immediately — was a popular Fox News Channel host and the keynote speaker at the conference.

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Mr Wood was one of the keynote speakers at Oxford City Council's ninth annual Fraud Conference.

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