keynote
- noun
- /ˈkiːnoʊt/
- The keynote speaker will open the event with a presentation on the latest technological advances.
- a keynote address
- a keynote speaker
- give the keynote
I'm on stage doing a keynote on the same exact stage.
- I'm on stage doing a keynote on the same exact stage.
- Can you deliver your keynote talk without technology?
- Montreal kind of like flew in gave a keynote around influencer marketing.
- See, the thing that I thought about when I first thought about doing this keynote was singles.
- If you hear or feel anything from this keynote in Q&A; today, please let it be this.
- But anyway, that's it for this recap of Nvidia's keynote from GTC.
- That was the most animated moment of the keynote, which is interesting.
- I ended up flying to Australia to give a keynote in a place called Alice Springs.
- Everything just feels sort of forced and fake and weird in the keynote.
- So to kick off health Ecosystem panel, we have a wonderful keynote from Doctor Don Schwartz.
- It's all public information from Jensen's keynote, but Bill Zoid has been focused on the PCB at this point.
- They basically had a keynote like Apple style presentation for their new food launches this year.
Examples
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Richard Dawkins gave the keynote address at the recent meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society.
Academic text (1995) -
Hansberry delivered this piece for her keynote speech at the AMSAC conference in 1959.
Academic text (2017) -
And this is part of a keynote talk I gave recently.
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Can you deliver your keynote talk without technology?
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Today is my first keynote speech back in over three years.
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On Monday, June 20, the opening keynote address clearly set the tone for what followed.
Academic text (1994) -
At this year's convention, he was to deliver the keynote address to the Friendship House sales force.
Fiction book (1997) -
The audience thoroughly enjoyed the opening keynote presentation by the Jaaxes.
Academic text (1998) -
President Studevant then introduced the 2002 keynote speaker, Dr. Michael Olsterholm.
Academic text (2002) -
Today, I will deliver the keynote speech at the annual conference, focusing on sustainability.
Synonyms
A formal talk given to an audience to inform or persuade
A speech given to an audience
A talk that teaches people about a subject, often at a university
A formal speech given to a group of people
A main speech at a formal event that sets the tone
A main talk at a meeting that gives the event's main idea
A talk given to a group, often at school or work
Compounds
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Etymology
Keynote comes from the idea of a musical key's note that sets the 'tone' of a piece. That's why a keynote speech is the main talk that sets the 'theme' for a meeting.