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notetake

notetake verb: to take notes.

Verb

notetake (third-person singular simple present notetakes, present participle notetaking, simple past notetook, past participle notetaken)

  1. (intransitive) To take notes.
    • I've always wondered why my teachers told me things, or had me notetake, when the information was right in front of me, clear and concise.1999 December 28, P. Tierney, “Students of toay”, in k12.chat.teacher (Usenet), retrieved 21 May 2022
    • Whether general or specific, subtopics become the outline of the entire research project, the "dry bones" that are "fleshed out" with knowing what to read and notetake and what information to skip.2001, Deborah B. Stanley, Practical Steps to the Research Process for Middle School, page 73

Forms of notetake

third-person singular presentnotetakes
present participlenotetaking
pastnotetook
past participlenotetaken
alternative formnote-take

Origin of notetake

Back-formation from notetaker or notetaking. Equivalent to note + take.

Questions about notetake

What does notetake mean?
Notetake means to take notes.
What part of speech is notetake?
Notetake is a verb.
What is the past tense of notetake?
The past tense of notetake is notetook.

Words near notetake in the dictionary

  1. notes to self
  2. notes verbales
  3. notest
  4. Notestine
  5. Notestines
  6. notetake
  7. notetaken
  8. notetaker
  9. notetakers
  10. notetakes
  11. notetaking

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