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# notate

«notate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To write something down using a system of signs or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (notate, notates, notated, notating)

### meaning for a pupil

To write something down using a system of signs or symbols, especially music, dance steps or chess moves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in music lessons: you notate a tune with notes on a stave. Also used for chess (writing moves like e4), maths (writing with symbols) and dance. It tells the reader that something heard or done is being put into a written code.

### examples

- The composer notated the melody on the stave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notate/#x1)
- Can you notate this rhythm using crotchets and quavers? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notate/#x2)
- Chess players notate every move in a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notate/#x3)
- She hummed the tune and her teacher notated it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notate/#x4)
- Dances can be notated with special symbols. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notate/#x5)
- In maths we notate «less than» with the sign <. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notate/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. More common: the noun «notation» (music notation, maths notation). Do not confuse with «note» (to write a quick reminder) or «annotate» (to add notes to a text or picture).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «notate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.