Synonyms:
keynote
Meaning: the principal theme in a speech or literary work
Synonyms:
keynote
Meaning: a fundamental or central idea
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
keynote
Meaning: set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"
Synonyms:
keynote
Meaning: give the keynote address to (an audience)
Usage examples
As Niecks thinks, "This dissonant E flat may be said to be the emotional keynote of the whole poem.
Lyrism is the keynote of the work, a passionate lyrism, with a note of self-absorption, suppressed feeling--truly Slavic, this shyness!--and a concentration that is remarkable even for Chopin.