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note

verb [T]
 
 
/nəʊt/ US  /noʊt/ formal

Definition

B1 to notice something: They noted the consumers' growing demand for quicker service. [+ (that)] Please note (that) we will be closed on Saturday. [+ question word] Note how easy it is to release the catch quickly.Paying attention and being carefulCautious and vigilant to give your attention to something by discussing it or making a written record of it: [+ that] He said the weather was beyond our control, noting that last summer was one of the hottest on record. In the article, she notes several cases of medical incompetence.Paying attention and being carefulCautious and vigilant
(Definition of note verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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