jotting
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈdʒɑːtɪŋ/
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apunte
- After the meeting, he reviewed his jottings to ensure he captured all the key decisions.
- jotting in a notebook
- a few jottings
Examples
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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.
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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.
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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.
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She found her old jottings in a notepad, filled with ideas for her next story.
Synonyms
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1.0
A short written message to remind or tell someone something
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4.9
A short quick note that helps you remember something
A short written note that says someone owes or will pay money
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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.