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語源

From key +‎ note.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkiːˌnoʊt/

名詞

keynote (plural keynotes)

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

   She delivered the keynote address at the conference.

   Innovation was the keynote of the company’s presentation.

   keynote speech

   keynote speaker

   deliver the keynote

2. The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
3. (music) The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.

派生語

動詞

keynote (third-person singular simple present keynotes, present participle keynoting, simple past and past participle keynoted)

1. (transitive) To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering.

参考

• keynote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia