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keynote

US/ˈkiːˌnoʊt/

keynote noun: a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.

Noun

keynote (plural keynotes)

  1. A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
    • keynote speech
    • keynote speaker
  2. The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
  3. The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.

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.

keynote meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

keynote in Hindi

कीनोट

keynote in Tamil

உயிர்ப் பண்திறம், சிறுப்புக் குறிப்பு

keynote in Urdu

بنیادی سر

keynote in Bengali

মূল সুর, প্রধান বক্তব্য, মূল নীতি
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keynote in Telugu
కీనోట్, కీనోటింగ్
keynote in Malayalam
അടിസ്ഥാനസ്വരം, പ്രധാനതത്ത്വം, പ്രധാനാശയം, സ്വരനിദാനം
keynote in Kannada
ಜೀವಸ್ವರ, ಪ್ರಧಾನ ವಿಷಯ, ಮುಖ್ಯ ಭಾವನೆ
keynote in Gujarati
કીનોટ, કીનોઇટ, કીનોટિંગ
keynote in Nepali
कीनोट
keynote in Tagalog
diwampati

Examples of keynote in a sentence

  • She delivered the keynote address at the conference.
  • Innovation was the keynote of the company’s presentation.

All 14 example sentences with keynote

Forms of keynote

Noun
pluralkeynotes
Verb
third-person singular presentkeynotes
present participlekeynoting
past participlekeynoted
pastkeynoted

Plural of keynote: keynotes

Origin of keynote

From key + note.

Words formed from keynote

Phrases with keynote

Questions about keynote

What does keynote mean?
Keynote means a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
What is keynote in Hindi?
Keynote in Hindi is कीनोट. See Keynote meaning in Hindi.
How do you use keynote in a sentence?
She delivered the keynote address at the conference.
What part of speech is keynote?
Keynote can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce keynote?
Keynote is pronounced /ˈkiːˌnoʊt/ (US).
What is the plural of keynote?
The plural of keynote is keynotes.

Words near keynote in the dictionary

  1. Keynesianisms
  2. Keynesianist
  3. Keynesianists
  4. Keynesians
  5. keyness
  6. keynote
  7. keynote speech
  8. keynote speeches
  9. keynoted
  10. keynoter
  11. keynoters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: keynote (page history and authors); keynote (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keynote (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keynote (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Keynote (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keynote (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keynote (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); keynote (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keynote (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keynote (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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