keynoten.

Brit.

/ˈkiːnəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈkiˌnoʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: key n.¹, note n.²

Etymology: < key n.¹ + note n.²

1. Music. The first note of the scale of any key, which forms the basis of, and gives its name to, the key; the tonic. Cf. key n.¹ 17a.In quot. 1776: the lowest tone of an ancient Greek scale or mode.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > notes in diatonic scale

keya1450

seventh1591

fifth1597

final1609

octave1656

sub-octave1659

keynote1677

mediant1721

sensible note?1775

subdominant?1775

submediant?1775

medius1782

leading note1786

nominal1786

subsemitone1799

superdominant1806

supertonic1806

tonic1806

subtonic1817

dominant1823

sensitive note1845

nominal note1884

1677 Ld. Guildford Philos. Ess. Musick 22 Generally speaking, a Tune must begin and conclude in the Key Note, because that Note takes possession of the Ear.

1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xi. 344 When we would express both Mode and Key, we joyn the Name of the Key Note, thus, we may say such a Song is for Example in the sharp or flat Key c.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 460 The key-note of the Dorian mode.

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 97 Transposed keys..represented by other sounds in the same relation to the key-note.

1838 G. F. Graham Ess. Theory & Pract. Musical Composition 7/1 The chromatic scales formed from these consist of a semitonic (or so-called semitonic) series between the key-note and its octave.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 41 They never leave off on the key-note; the ear is left unsatisfied.

1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ii. 11 A melodic perfect cadence must end with the key-note.

1902 Paidologist 4 106 Robert got down to the lower C keynote and stuck contentedly to it all the while.

1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 172 The mahogany pitch pipes..were formerly used in churches which had no organ, to give the keynote before singing commenced.

1995 M. Steinberg Symphony 29 Three times we have heard it, piano, descending gently from E-flat through C to the keynote, A-flat.

†2. Tone or pitch of voice. Cf. key n.¹ 18b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun]

pitch1597

key1600

tune1694

keynote1762

1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. II. xviii. 361 In reading, whether verse or prose, a certain tone is assumed, which may be called the key-note; and in this tone the bulk of the words are sounded.

a. The prevailing tone or main idea of a speech, piece of writing, course of action, etc. Cf. key n.¹ 18a.Originally a figurative use of sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] > leading theme

burden1649

keynote1763

motif1952

1763 H. Blair Crit. Diss. Poems of Ossian 21 He moves perpetually in the high region of the grand and the pathetick. One key note is struck at the beginning, and supported to the end.

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. xxxi. 166 Much of the Orator's art and ability is shown, in thus striking properly at the commencement, the key note, if we may so express it, of the rest of his Oration.

1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 22 Dec. (1939) 53 I [wrote] a few verses..taking the key-note from the story of Claverse leaving the Scottish Convention of Estates in 1688–9.

1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ ix. 404 This moderation was the key-note of Canning's character.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. ii. 140 Such was the frequent keynote of his discourses in public.

1904 Daily News 6 Oct. 8/4 Taking as the colour key-note, the fashionable tangerine shade.

1956 C. Morris Varieties of Human Value i. 17 Receptivity should be the keynote of life.

2000 T. Kircher in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 614/1 Christian myth remained the keynote of all Renaissance creative and critical expression.

b. Originally and chiefly U.S. = keynote address n. at Compounds. Cf. keynote v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose

His Majesty's Speech1583

New Year1595

panegyry1602

panegyric1603

remembrancea1616

valediction1619

panegyris1646

areopagitic1649

Hesped1650

allocution1689

maiden speech1702

Speech from the Throne1751

patter1772

inaugural1832

acceptance speech1855

oraison funèbre1856

keynote speech1863

keynote address1891

valedictory1892

keynote1896

pep speech1912

pep talk1913

1896 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 22 Apr. 1/3 R. S. Thompson..was chosen as temporary chairman, and delivered the keynote of the campaign.

1906 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 22 Oct. 1/7 There is no real ground for the statement..that the keynote delivered by Mr. Ralston was written by a ‘syndicate’.

1967 Crisis Aug. 353/2 (heading) The keynote included references to the..Congressional trimming of the school desegregation guidelines.

2007 J. Alden Taste of Honey 54 She realized she did indeed have to get a move on if she wanted to make it to the conference in time for the keynote.

Compounds

keynote address n. originally U.S. a speech intended to set out or summarize the central theme of conference, convention, etc., or to arouse enthusiasm for a party, cause, etc.; (more generally) the main or most prestigious speech at a conference or other event.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose

His Majesty's Speech1583

New Year1595

panegyry1602

panegyric1603

remembrancea1616

valediction1619

panegyris1646

areopagitic1649

Hesped1650

allocution1689

maiden speech1702

Speech from the Throne1751

patter1772

inaugural1832

acceptance speech1855

oraison funèbre1856

keynote speech1863

keynote address1891

valedictory1892

keynote1896

pep speech1912

pep talk1913

1891 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 28 Aug. 2/3 His reputation as a forceful, eloquent and persuasive stump speaker is well sustained by his ‘key-note’ address.

1916 Washington Post 22 June 3 (headline) Burton attacks Wilson's Mexican policy in keynote address.

1957 Observer 13 Oct. 2/5 Mr. Eugene Black, president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will deliver the ‘keynote address’ to-morrow.

2004 Independent 26 July 1/1 Barack Obama, the Democrat's new wunderkind who will deliver the keynote address in Boston.

keynote presentation n. originally U.S. a presentation intended to set out or summarize the central theme of conference, convention, etc., or (in later use) to promote the features of a new commercial product; cf. keynote address n.

ΚΠ

1928 Sioux City (Iowa) 3 July 1/7 The speech of acceptance is likely to be the real ‘keynote’ presentation of the issues on which the governor expects to make his fight.

1979 Rotarian May 8/2 Maurice Williams, executive director of the World Food Council, will make the keynote presentation on the day's theme. ‘Can Rotary's 3-H Program Really Make a Difference?’ is the question to be considered.

1984 J. Malone in E. J. Fisher et al. Twenty Years of Jewish-Catholic Rel. 222 I am happy to join the president of the National Council of Churches and the president of the Synagogue Council of America in this keynote presentation.

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 13 June Apple always enjoys teasing its rivals during a keynote presentation.

keynote speaker n. originally U.S. a person who gives a keynote speech or address.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > one who makes a speech or speeches > for specific occasion, purpose, or cause

spruiker1893

keynote speaker1896

soap-boxer1913

keynoter1948

1896 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 16 June 4/2 It is easy for the ‘keynote’ speaker and his friends to exaggerate the importance of his speech.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 3/6 A first-rate keynote speaker from the party.

2001 Times 10 Oct. i. 25/7 I see that Kim Howells, the new Tourism Minister, is the keynote speaker at a restaurant industry do later this month.

keynote speech n. originally U.S. = keynote address n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose

His Majesty's Speech1583

New Year1595

panegyry1602

panegyric1603

remembrancea1616

valediction1619

panegyris1646

areopagitic1649

Hesped1650

allocution1689

maiden speech1702

Speech from the Throne1751

patter1772

inaugural1832

acceptance speech1855

oraison funèbre1856

keynote speech1863

keynote address1891

valedictory1892

keynote1896

pep speech1912

pep talk1913

1863 N.Y. Herald 22 Jan. 3/3 Vallandigham's Great Speech on ‘Peace’ and ‘Reconstruction’... The New York Freeman's Journal of this week has this ‘keynote’ speech in full.

1905 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 28 July 8/1 His address tonight will undoubtedly be a keynote speech.

1967 Economist 23 Sept. 1072/2 Mr Thorpe decided to set the tone for the week with a short keynote speech.

2007 H. Lee Edith Wharton (2008) 837 I am grateful to the Edith Wharton Society for inviting me to give the keynote speech at its 2003 conference at Roehampton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

keynotev.

Brit.

/ˈkiːnəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈkiˌnoʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: keynote n.

Etymology: < keynote n. Compare keynoter n., keynoting n.

1. transitive. To set or express the prevailing tone or essential idea of (something); to characterize.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > identify or distinguish [verb (transitive)]

to take knowledge ofa1400

character1555

distinguish1600

characterizea1602

remark1633

identify1675

stamp1837

dispunct1842

keynote1877

finger1945

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > characterize

distinguish1600

stamp1600

denominate1616

define1633

marka1661

signalize1698

stamp1837

keynote1877

1877 E. W. Johns Silver Wedding iii. 152 Deign'd with gentle accompaniment to join Creation's song, in octave full of blessing Key-noted with humility, all based On purity.

1924 Time 7 July 1/2 In proposing..that the nation be run on $3,000,000,000 in 1925, Mr. Coolidge thus keynoted, indirectly, his campaign for reëlection.

1945 News Rev. 10 May 14 Keynoting the surface atmosphere, a Daily Express cartoon showed strap-hanging travellers reading splash-headlined newspapers.

1975 AMA News Feb. 50/1 Our December visit two years ago had been keynoted by damp, cold rain.

2000 M. M. Brunsdale Student Compan. G. Orwell iv. 66 Orwell keynoted this novel..by changing the famous passage from I Corinthians 13 to celebrate not love, but money.

2. transitive. To deliver the keynote speech of (a conference, meeting, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > deliver (a speech) [verb (transitive)] > for specific occasion, purpose, or cause

stump1856

demagogue1890

spruik1901

keynote1908

1908 Washington Post 8 Aug. 1/6 For years he has ‘keynoted’ all state campaigns.

1963 Amer. Mineralogist 48 959 Dr. Ira Cram..will keynote the meeting [of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists].

1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 5 Mar. b9/2 Judge George N. Leighton, Howard University and Harvard Law School graduate, will keynote the symposium.

1998 High Country News 26 Oct. 20/2 Dominy is back in Colorado to keynote an annual Colorado Water Workshop.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	keynote
释义	keynoten. Brit. /ˈkiːnəʊt/, U.S. /ˈkiˌnoʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: key n.¹, note n.² Etymology: < key n.¹ + note n.² 1. Music. The first note of the scale of any key, which forms the basis of, and gives its name to, the key; the tonic. Cf. key n.¹ 17a.In quot. 1776: the lowest tone of an ancient Greek scale or mode. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > notes in diatonic scale keya1450 seventh1591 fifth1597 final1609 octave1656 sub-octave1659 keynote1677 mediant1721 sensible note?1775 subdominant?1775 submediant?1775 medius1782 leading note1786 nominal1786 subsemitone1799 superdominant1806 supertonic1806 tonic1806 subtonic1817 dominant1823 sensitive note1845 nominal note1884 1677 Ld. Guildford Philos. Ess. Musick 22 Generally speaking, a Tune must begin and conclude in the Key Note, because that Note takes possession of the Ear. 1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xi. 344 When we would express both Mode and Key, we joyn the Name of the Key Note, thus, we may say such a Song is for Example in the sharp or flat Key c. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 460 The key-note of the Dorian mode. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 97 Transposed keys..represented by other sounds in the same relation to the key-note. 1838 G. F. Graham Ess. Theory & Pract. Musical Composition 7/1 The chromatic scales formed from these consist of a semitonic (or so-called semitonic) series between the key-note and its octave. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 41 They never leave off on the key-note; the ear is left unsatisfied. 1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ii. 11 A melodic perfect cadence must end with the key-note. 1902 Paidologist 4 106 Robert got down to the lower C keynote and stuck contentedly to it all the while. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 172 The mahogany pitch pipes..were formerly used in churches which had no organ, to give the keynote before singing commenced. 1995 M. Steinberg Symphony 29 Three times we have heard it, piano, descending gently from E-flat through C to the keynote, A-flat. †2. Tone or pitch of voice. Cf. key n.¹ 18b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] pitch1597 key1600 tune1694 keynote1762 1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. II. xviii. 361 In reading, whether verse or prose, a certain tone is assumed, which may be called the key-note; and in this tone the bulk of the words are sounded. 3. a. The prevailing tone or main idea of a speech, piece of writing, course of action, etc. Cf. key n.¹ 18a.Originally a figurative use of sense 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] > leading theme burden1649 keynote1763 motif1952 1763 H. Blair Crit. Diss. Poems of Ossian 21 He moves perpetually in the high region of the grand and the pathetick. One key note is struck at the beginning, and supported to the end. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. xxxi. 166 Much of the Orator's art and ability is shown, in thus striking properly at the commencement, the key note, if we may so express it, of the rest of his Oration. 1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 22 Dec. (1939) 53 I [wrote] a few verses..taking the key-note from the story of Claverse leaving the Scottish Convention of Estates in 1688–9. 1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ ix. 404 This moderation was the key-note of Canning's character. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. ii. 140 Such was the frequent keynote of his discourses in public. 1904 Daily News 6 Oct. 8/4 Taking as the colour key-note, the fashionable tangerine shade. 1956 C. Morris Varieties of Human Value i. 17 Receptivity should be the keynote of life. 2000 T. Kircher in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 614/1 Christian myth remained the keynote of all Renaissance creative and critical expression. b. Originally and chiefly U.S. = keynote address n. at Compounds. Cf. keynote v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose His Majesty's Speech1583 New Year1595 panegyry1602 panegyric1603 remembrancea1616 valediction1619 panegyris1646 areopagitic1649 Hesped1650 allocution1689 maiden speech1702 Speech from the Throne1751 patter1772 inaugural1832 acceptance speech1855 oraison funèbre1856 keynote speech1863 keynote address1891 valedictory1892 keynote1896 pep speech1912 pep talk1913 1896 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 22 Apr. 1/3 R. S. Thompson..was chosen as temporary chairman, and delivered the keynote of the campaign. 1906 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 22 Oct. 1/7 There is no real ground for the statement..that the keynote delivered by Mr. Ralston was written by a ‘syndicate’. 1967 Crisis Aug. 353/2 (heading) The keynote included references to the..Congressional trimming of the school desegregation guidelines. 2007 J. Alden Taste of Honey 54 She realized she did indeed have to get a move on if she wanted to make it to the conference in time for the keynote. Compounds keynote address n. originally U.S. a speech intended to set out or summarize the central theme of conference, convention, etc., or to arouse enthusiasm for a party, cause, etc.; (more generally) the main or most prestigious speech at a conference or other event. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose His Majesty's Speech1583 New Year1595 panegyry1602 panegyric1603 remembrancea1616 valediction1619 panegyris1646 areopagitic1649 Hesped1650 allocution1689 maiden speech1702 Speech from the Throne1751 patter1772 inaugural1832 acceptance speech1855 oraison funèbre1856 keynote speech1863 keynote address1891 valedictory1892 keynote1896 pep speech1912 pep talk1913 1891 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 28 Aug. 2/3 His reputation as a forceful, eloquent and persuasive stump speaker is well sustained by his ‘key-note’ address. 1916 Washington Post 22 June 3 (headline) Burton attacks Wilson's Mexican policy in keynote address. 1957 Observer 13 Oct. 2/5 Mr. Eugene Black, president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will deliver the ‘keynote address’ to-morrow. 2004 Independent 26 July 1/1 Barack Obama, the Democrat's new wunderkind who will deliver the keynote address in Boston. keynote presentation n. originally U.S. a presentation intended to set out or summarize the central theme of conference, convention, etc., or (in later use) to promote the features of a new commercial product; cf. keynote address n. ΚΠ 1928 Sioux City (Iowa) 3 July 1/7 The speech of acceptance is likely to be the real ‘keynote’ presentation of the issues on which the governor expects to make his fight. 1979 Rotarian May 8/2 Maurice Williams, executive director of the World Food Council, will make the keynote presentation on the day's theme. ‘Can Rotary's 3-H Program Really Make a Difference?’ is the question to be considered. 1984 J. Malone in E. J. Fisher et al. Twenty Years of Jewish-Catholic Rel. 222 I am happy to join the president of the National Council of Churches and the president of the Synagogue Council of America in this keynote presentation. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 13 June Apple always enjoys teasing its rivals during a keynote presentation. keynote speaker n. originally U.S. a person who gives a keynote speech or address. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > one who makes a speech or speeches > for specific occasion, purpose, or cause spruiker1893 keynote speaker1896 soap-boxer1913 keynoter1948 1896 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 16 June 4/2 It is easy for the ‘keynote’ speaker and his friends to exaggerate the importance of his speech. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 3/6 A first-rate keynote speaker from the party. 2001 Times 10 Oct. i. 25/7 I see that Kim Howells, the new Tourism Minister, is the keynote speaker at a restaurant industry do later this month. keynote speech n. originally U.S. = keynote address n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose His Majesty's Speech1583 New Year1595 panegyry1602 panegyric1603 remembrancea1616 valediction1619 panegyris1646 areopagitic1649 Hesped1650 allocution1689 maiden speech1702 Speech from the Throne1751 patter1772 inaugural1832 acceptance speech1855 oraison funèbre1856 keynote speech1863 keynote address1891 valedictory1892 keynote1896 pep speech1912 pep talk1913 1863 N.Y. Herald 22 Jan. 3/3 Vallandigham's Great Speech on ‘Peace’ and ‘Reconstruction’... The New York Freeman's Journal of this week has this ‘keynote’ speech in full. 1905 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 28 July 8/1 His address tonight will undoubtedly be a keynote speech. 1967 Economist 23 Sept. 1072/2 Mr Thorpe decided to set the tone for the week with a short keynote speech. 2007 H. Lee Edith Wharton (2008) 837 I am grateful to the Edith Wharton Society for inviting me to give the keynote speech at its 2003 conference at Roehampton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). keynotev. Brit. /ˈkiːnəʊt/, U.S. /ˈkiˌnoʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: keynote n. Etymology: < keynote n. Compare keynoter n., keynoting n. 1. transitive. To set or express the prevailing tone or essential idea of (something); to characterize. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > identify or distinguish [verb (transitive)] to take knowledge ofa1400 character1555 distinguish1600 characterizea1602 remark1633 identify1675 stamp1837 dispunct1842 keynote1877 finger1945 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > characterize distinguish1600 stamp1600 denominate1616 define1633 marka1661 signalize1698 stamp1837 keynote1877 1877 E. W. Johns Silver Wedding iii. 152 Deign'd with gentle accompaniment to join Creation's song, in octave full of blessing Key-noted with humility, all based On purity. 1924 Time 7 July 1/2 In proposing..that the nation be run on $3,000,000,000 in 1925, Mr. Coolidge thus keynoted, indirectly, his campaign for reëlection. 1945 News Rev. 10 May 14 Keynoting the surface atmosphere, a Daily Express cartoon showed strap-hanging travellers reading splash-headlined newspapers. 1975 AMA News Feb. 50/1 Our December visit two years ago had been keynoted by damp, cold rain. 2000 M. M. Brunsdale Student Compan. G. Orwell iv. 66 Orwell keynoted this novel..by changing the famous passage from I Corinthians 13 to celebrate not love, but money. 2. transitive. To deliver the keynote speech of (a conference, meeting, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > deliver (a speech) [verb (transitive)] > for specific occasion, purpose, or cause stump1856 demagogue1890 spruik1901 keynote1908 1908 Washington Post 8 Aug. 1/6 For years he has ‘keynoted’ all state campaigns. 1963 Amer. Mineralogist 48 959 Dr. Ira Cram..will keynote the meeting [of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists]. 1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 5 Mar. b9/2 Judge George N. Leighton, Howard University and Harvard Law School graduate, will keynote the symposium. 1998 High Country News 26 Oct. 20/2 Dominy is back in Colorado to keynote an annual Colorado Water Workshop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1677v.1877
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