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jotting

jotting

1 4.2
A short note written quickly by hand to remember something
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɑːtɪŋ/
translation icon : apunte
  • After the meeting, he reviewed his jottings to ensure he captured all the key decisions.
  • jotting in a notebook
  • a few jottings

Examples

  • Cancer drained away his physical and mental strength, and only a few jottings testify to the memoir he longed to write.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I'm always losing my jottings.

  • This is a random jotting.

    Blog text (32)
  • Whether these are published or remain journal jottings, it seems like a good exercise.

    Blog text (4)
  • I am not particularly interested in the short jottings of anonymous people.

    Blog text (30)
  • My literary jottings.

  • Odd jottings and observations—everything that related to his professional life, including pep talks to himself with a black fountain pen.

    Academic text (1991)
  • These jottings provide the topological groundwork for "The Wilderness," the second part of Clarel, which Melville set out to write in 1867, ten years after his journey to Palestine.

    Academic text (2010)
  • I quickly made some jottings to remember the important points from the lecture.

  • She found her old jottings in a notepad, filled with ideas for her next story.

Synonyms

note
vsjotting
1.0

A short written message to remind or tell someone something

is a quick handwritten reminder rather than a general message
jot
vsjotting
1 4.9

A short quick note that helps you remember something

is specifically a quick handwritten reminder or record rather than unspecified
chitty
vsjotting
  • Indian
9.9

A short written note that says someone owes or will pay money

is used for quick general reminders not for recording debts or payments

Antonyms

1.0

Not remember something you should remember

85 3.7

To not know where something is or what is happening

How Brief

jotting
1 4.2
note
1.0
memo
341 1.8
letter
1.0

Surface Forms

jotting singular
jottings plural

Morphology

jotting = jot (transparent) = jot + ting

The word 'jotting' is transparently derived from 'jot' with the addition of the suffix '-ting', indicating the act of jotting.

Etymology

The word jotting comes from the short verb jot, which means 'a very small or quick note'; a helpful way to remember it is to think of the tiny Greek letter iota, which suggests something very small. So, a jotting is a quick little handwritten note you make to remember something.