The meaning of Keynote

noun

The underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process.

Usage examples:

Trust is the only basis for a good working relationship

noun

A load, typically a heavy one.

Usage examples:

And laying my heavy burden in the safe hands of the luggage compartment i went to my seat and was g…

verb

Load heavily.

Usage examples:

She walked forwards burdened with a wooden box

noun

A duty or responsibility that is hard to bear

Usage examples:

I don’t want to be a burden on my children., he was burdened with debts.

noun

The point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere.

Usage examples:

She was so angered by this thought that she had changed forms and was halfway to the center of the …

verb

Occur mainly in or around (a specified place).

Usage examples:

The textile industry was centred in lancashire and yorkshire

proper noun

A region of central france, including the cities of orleans, tours, and chartres.

noun

The tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds.

Usage examples:

A pineapple core

verb

Remove the tough central part and seeds from (a fruit).

Usage examples:

Peel and core the pears

combining form

Denoting types of rock or dance music, typically those with an aggressive or extreme style.

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Emocore

noun

The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character.

Usage examples:

Conflict is the essence of drama

noun

The basic meaning or importance of something

Usage examples:

The essence of punk was a revolt against both the sound and the system of popular music., in essenc…

noun

The substance or general meaning of a speech or text.

Usage examples:

It was hard to get the gist of pedro's talk

verb

Engage in chat or gossip.

Usage examples:

I need a good friend i can always gist with

noun

The main subject, without details, of a piece of information

Usage examples:

The gist of what she said was that i didn’t know what i was talking about.

noun

A hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. in vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.

Usage examples:

It rises to a peak, called the systolic pressure, at the height of the contraction of each heartbea…

verb

Like very much; love.

Usage examples:

I totally heart this song

noun

A light-armed irish foot soldier.

Usage examples:

Composition involved, in gaelic parts, the commutation of the chief's right to take up supplies for…

verb

Adjust the spacing between (characters) in a piece of text to be printed.

Usage examples:

Please kern the double underscores in the code below

verb

Provide (metal type or a printed character) with a kern.

Usage examples:

Sometimes display type is kerned

noun

A long white-fleshed gourd with green skin, which is eaten as a vegetable.

Usage examples:

Other specialist bags have been developed especially for salads and vegetables including even marro…

noun

A friend, companion, or workmate (often used as a form of address).

Usage examples:

Come here, marrer, we need to talk

noun

The soft, fatty tissue in the center of bones

noun

The spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.

Usage examples:

Remove the rind and white pith from the lemons and then cut the flesh into very thin slices, removi…

verb

Remove the pith from.

Usage examples:

Peel and pith the oranges

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Usage examples:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

noun

A particular kind of matter with uniform properties.

Usage examples:

A steel tube coated with a waxy substance

noun

A material with particular physical characteristics

Usage examples:

The pesticide contains a substance that is toxic to insects., surprisingly, these filmmakers opted …

noun

A singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.

Usage examples:

The serenade for tenor, horn, and strings

noun

The general meaning, sense, or content of something.

Usage examples:

The general tenor of the debate

noun

A man’s singing voice in the highest range, or a person or musical instrument with this range

Usage examples:

Suddenly the tenor of the meeting changed, and people started insulting each other.

noun

The subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc.; a topic.

Usage examples:

The theme of the sermon was reverence

verb

Give a particular theme or setting to (a leisure venue, event, etc.).

Usage examples:

The amusement park will be themed as a caribbean pirate stronghold

noun

The topic of discussion or writing

Usage examples:

The theme of the conference was the changing role of women in modern society.

noun

A matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject.

Usage examples:

Sleep deprivation became a frequent topic of conversation