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taking notes

taking notes is the present participle and gerund of take notes.

Meaning of take notes

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

Questions about taking notes

What is taking notes the present participle and gerund of?
Taking notes is the present participle and gerund of take notes.

Words near taking notes in the dictionary

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

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