keynote
/ˈkiːnoʊt/
noun
- The main or most important speech at a conference, meeting, or event, which sets the overall theme or tone.
- Everyone was excited to hear the keynote from the famous author.
- Her keynote focused on the future of renewable energy.
- The CEO delivered the keynote at the annual technology summit.
- A central or fundamental idea, principle, or theme.
- The keynote of his philosophy is kindness and cooperation.
- The keynote of the novel is the struggle for identity.
- Freedom was the keynote of the protest movement.
- The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
- In the key of C major, the keynote is C.
- She hummed the keynote to help the choir find their pitch.
- The piece begins with a strong keynote played by the cello.
verb
- To give the main or most important speech at a conference, meeting, or event.
- He keynoted the event with a powerful call to action.
- The professor will keynote the education conference next month.
- She was invited to keynote the international climate summit.