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keynote1 nounkeynote2 adjectivekeynote3 verb keynotekey‧note1 /ˈkiːnəʊt $ -noʊt/ noun [countable]   - Flexibility is the keynote and is a feature often recommended in pilot studies preliminary to a full-scale study.
- Its keynote is not anger but scorn.
- We have just said that the development of consciousness is the keynote of all creation.
► the keynote/main speaker (=the most important speaker)· the keynote speaker at the seminar, Dr Paul Messina ► a keynote speech (=the most important one at an event)· The prime minister will make his keynote speech at the conference today. NOUN► address· The keynote address was given by Sir Desmond Lorimer, who also presented the awards to the winners.· She was the first black woman to make a keynote address to the national convention of a major political party.· Stewart's keynote address Sunday, which featured slides of her kitchen renovations, did little to perk them up.· Molinari delivers the keynote address on Tuesday.· Bill Gates will supposedly do the honours himself in his Windows World keynote address.· Despite her keynote address at the 1996 Republican National Convention, her national profile remains low.· Susan Molinari, who never mentioned the issue in her keynote address. ► speaker· I thank you for the honour of being asked to be your keynote speaker tonight.· While serving as state treasurer, Ann Richards was the keynote speaker at the Democrats' 1988 convention in Atlanta.· The keynote speaker had wound up to polite applause.· The keynote speaker was Arthur Goldberg, now a Supreme Court justice.· Is it the party that selected Susan Molinari, a moderate, pro-choice congresswoman, as its keynote speaker? ► speech· This report contains three keynote speeches on commissioning, carrying out and disseminating research.· The conventioneers did not care that her 30-minute keynote speech was largely nonpartisan.· Mr Kinnock intends to reinforce his conviction that Labour is in a position to win in his keynote speech tomorrow.· Vice President Al Gore will be on hand to give a keynote speech.· Susan Molinari of New York, who will deliver the keynote speech.· Jobs and his onetime partner Steve Wozniak are scheduled to join Amelio on-stage during his keynote speech. VERB► give· Vice President Al Gore will be on hand to give a keynote speech. the main point in a book, system of beliefs, activity etc that influences everything elsekeynote of Unprecedented change has been the keynote of the electronic revolution.keynote1 nounkeynote2 adjectivekeynote3 verb keynotekeynote3 verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEkeynote |
| Present | I, you, we, they | keynote | | he, she, it | keynotes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | keynoted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have keynoted | | he, she, it | has keynoted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had keynoted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will keynote | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have keynoted |
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| Present | I | am keynoting | | he, she, it | is keynoting | | you, we, they | are keynoting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was keynoting | | you, we, they | were keynoting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been keynoting | | he, she, it | has been keynoting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been keynoting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be keynoting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been keynoting |
- Mr. Graham is expected to keynote the conference.
► the keynote/main speaker (=the most important speaker)· the keynote speaker at the seminar, Dr Paul Messina ► a keynote speech (=the most important one at an event)· The prime minister will make his keynote speech at the conference today. to give the keynote speech at a formal meeting, ceremony etc: The event is usually keynoted by the prime minister. |