'Keynote' definitions:

Definition of 'keynote'

(from WordNet)
noun
The principal theme in a speech or literary work
noun
A fundamental or central idea
noun
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale [syn: tonic, keynote]
verb
Set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"
verb
Give the keynote address to (an audience)

Definition of 'Keynote'

From: GCIDE
  • Keynote \Key"note`\, n.
  • 1. (Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon. [1913 Webster]

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