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Meanings of keynote in English

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tonica

(Music) the first note of a diatonic scale.

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The keynote sounded in the story of the Magi dominates the whole.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
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Mr Taufetee was delivering a keynote speech to open Nurses Appreciation week.
Radio NZ
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This echoes Jobs' words on the Expo floor shortly after the keynote.
Wired
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The keynote of the whole movement is the protection of the weak.
Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of...
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Thailand's finance minister was a keynote speaker at one recent Asian tournament.
Reuters
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The natural pitch of the voice is its keynote, or governing note.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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Belief in a Creator was the keynote of his study of nature.
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
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Speaking of the President, the POTUS was the keynote speaker on Friday.
Ebony
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John Kerry, the US secretary of state, is giving a keynote speech.
The Guardian
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It is the keynote to which the whole springtime music is set.
Our Friend John Burroughs
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The first words of this lesson give the keynote for its meaning.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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For the next ten-year period the keynote of telephone history was EXPANSION.
The History of the Telephone
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For the last week monotony had been the keynote of our commissariat.
Love Among the Chickens
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But the two-hour opening keynote is closely watched by the tech media.
The Irish Times
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GDC has officially begun, and Microsoft's keynote speech is about to start.
Wired
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Kofi Annan delivers keynote speech at US Magazine Publishers and Editors conference.
The Irish Times
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