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prenote

prenote verb: to note or designate beforehand.

Verb

prenote (third-person singular simple present prenotes, present participle prenoting, simple past and past participle prenoted)

  1. (transitive) To note or designate beforehand.
    • All this blind ignorance of that age, thus above prenoted[…]1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC

Noun

prenote (plural prenotes)

  1. A speech that serves as a warm-up to the keynote of a conference.

Forms of prenote

Verb
third-person singular presentprenotes
present participleprenoting
past participleprenoted
pastprenoted
Noun
pluralprenotes

Origin of prenote

From Latin praenotare, equivalent to pre- + note.

Blend of pre- + keynote.

Questions about prenote

What does prenote mean?
Prenote means to note or designate beforehand.
What part of speech is prenote?
Prenote can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of prenote?
The past tense of prenote is prenoted.

Words near prenote in the dictionary

  1. prenominating
  2. prenomination
  3. prenominations
  4. prenoms
  5. prenoon
  6. prenote
  7. prenoted
  8. prenotes
  9. prenotice
  10. prenotification
  11. prenotifications

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