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take notes

take notes verb: to make a record of what one hears or observes for future reference.

Verb

take notes (third-person singular simple present takes notes, present participle taking notes, simple past took notes, past participle taken notes)

  1. To make a record of what one hears or observes for future reference.
    • Quite a crowd of townspeople turned out to see the train start, and several pressmen were busily engaged in taking notes and photographs.1949 November and December, “Notes and News: By Special Train to Llanfair”, in Railway Magazine, page 409

Forms of take notes

third-person singular presenttakes notes
present participletaking notes
pasttook notes
past participletaken notes

Questions about take notes

What does take notes mean?
Take notes means to make a record of what one hears or observes for future reference.
What part of speech is take notes?
Take notes is a verb.
What is the past tense of take notes?
The past tense of take notes is took notes.

Words near take notes in the dictionary

  1. take matters into one's own hands
  2. take no for an answer
  3. take no notice of
  4. take no prisoners
  5. take note
  6. take notes
  7. take notice
  8. take oath
  9. take occasion
  10. take off
  11. take off one's chest

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