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took notes

took notes is the simple past 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 took notes

What is took notes the simple past of?
Took notes is the simple past of take notes.

Words near took notes in the dictionary

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

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