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noun Music . the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
the main idea or central principle of a speech, program, thought, action, etc.
the policy line to be followed, as by a party in a political campaign, that is set forth authoritatively in advance by an address or other formal announcement.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object), key·not·ed, key·not·ing. to announce the policy of (a political party, campaign, assembly, etc.); deliver a keynote address at: The governor will keynote the convention.
to serve as the keynote for.
Music . to give the keynote of.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object), key·not·ed, key·not·ing. to provide a keynote, especially a keynote address: He refused an invitation to keynote.
Origin of keynote First recorded in 1755–65; key1 + note
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Example sentences from the Web for keynote I flew to Peru to hear her give a keynote speech at an international conference.
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To this end, CAIR has invited Rev. Al Sharpton to be the keynote speaker at its 20th anniversary dinner to be held next month.
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But Pence, who was slated to keynote this conference in just a few minutes?
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He was a soaring star from the moment he finished his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
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One of the keynote speakers at the CCCU conference is David Kinnaman, the president of the Barna Group.
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With the sweet potato, as with other crops, rotation is the keynote of success.
The Vegetable Garden | Anonymous
The few sporadic attempts, thus he told himself, had only touched the keynote .
The Greeks had their keynote in the middle of the scale, and used chiefly the minor scale of our music.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, December 1882 | The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
The ray, the blasting ray that whiffed into non-existence all that it touched, was the keynote .
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for keynote noun a central or determining principle in a speech, literary work, etc (as modifier ) a keynote speech the note upon which a scale or key is based; tonic
verb (tr) to deliver a keynote address to (a political convention, etc)
to outline (political issues, policy, etc) in or as in a keynote address
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