Meanings
verbtake notes (third-person singular simple present takes notes, present participle taking notes, simple past took notes, past participle taken notes)
present singular third person takes notes · participle present taking notes · past took notes · participle past taken notes
- To make a record of what one hears or observes for future reference.
Quite a crowd of townspeople turned out to see the train start, and several pressmen were busily engaged in taking notes and photographs.
1949 November and December, “Notes and News: By Special Train to Llanfair”, in Railway Magazine, page 409
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 做筆記 /做笔记
- 做筆記 /做笔记 (zuò bǐjì)make a record of what one hears or observes
Esperanto noti
- notimake a record of what one hears or observes
Finnish tehdä muistiinpanoja
- tehdä muistiinpanojamake a record of what one hears or observes
Hungarian jegyzetel
- jegyzetelmake a record of what one hears or observes
Polish robić notatki, zrobić notatki
- robić notatkimake a record of what one hears or observes
- zrobić notatkimake a record of what one hears or observes
Cite this entry
APA
take notes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20notes
MLA
“take notes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20notes. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take notes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20notes.
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