Meaning

3 senses
  1. A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.

    keynote speech

    keynote speaker

    Hauptvortrag, Hauptrede

    the principal theme in a speech or literary work

  2. The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.

    Grundgedanke, Leitgedanke, Hauptgedanke

  3. The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. She has been invited to give the keynote speech at their annual conference.

  2. Tom Jackson will be the conference's keynote speaker.

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  3. Airtel Bangladesh CIO Lutfar Rahman read the keynote at the workshop.

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  4. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore Saturday.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
speech that sets the main theme:
main theme:

Origin

From key + note.

From key + note.

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Forms

plural: keynotes
Singularkeynote
Pluralkeynotes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (music) the first note of a diatonic scale:tonic

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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