Antonyms for compare notes


Grammar : Verb
Spell : noht
Phonetic Transcription : noÊŠt


Definition of compare notes

Origin :
  • c.1300, "a song, music, instrumental music; a musical note," from Latin nota "letter, character, note," originally "a mark, sign, means of recognition," which is perhaps related to notus, past participle of noscere (Old Latin *gnoscere) "to know" (see know). Meaning "notice, attention, reputation" is early 14c. Meaning "brief writing" is from 1540s.
  • As in consult : verb ask, confer
  • As in discuss : verb talk over with another
Example sentences :
  • They sit (very uncomfortably) on a sloping stone there, and compare notes.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Meanwhile Kennedy and I paused on the way out to compare notes.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
  • Travis must compare notes with him to be sure that this was not indeed a trap.
  • Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
  • You will have plenty of time to compare notes when you are once on board.
  • Extract from : « In Greek Waters » by G. A. Henty
  • Or suppose all together, and let them compare notes afterward.
  • Extract from : « Excursions and Poems » by Henry David Thoreau
  • It was not for a day or two that I was able to compare notes with Mollie.
  • Extract from : « Christmas Roses and Other Stories » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • She wanted to compare notes with the owner of this amphibian.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane » by Dorothy Wayne
  • "Let us compare notes," said the chaplain, sitting down opposite.
  • Extract from : « It Is Never Too Late to Mend » by Charles Reade
  • I'll ask her this afternoon and we will compare notes as to our adieux!'
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Dustypore » by Henry Stewart Cunningham
  • I know that's one of the reasons you wanted to compare notes.
  • Extract from : « The Last Straw » by William J. Smith

Synonyms for compare notes

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