I. noun
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a keynote speech (= the most important one at an event )
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The Prime Minister will make his keynote speech at the conference today.
the keynote/main speaker (= the most important speaker )
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the keynote speaker at the seminar, Dr Paul Messina
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■ NOUN
address
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The keynote address was given by Sir Desmond Lorimer, who also presented the awards to the winners.
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She was the first black woman to make a keynote address to the national convention of a major political party.
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Stewart's keynote address Sunday, which featured slides of her kitchen renovations, did little to perk them up.
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Molinari delivers the keynote address on Tuesday.
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Bill Gates will supposedly do the honours himself in his Windows World keynote address .
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Despite her keynote address at the 1996 Republican National Convention, her national profile remains low.
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Susan Molinari, who never mentioned the issue in her keynote address .
speaker
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I thank you for the honour of being asked to be your keynote speaker tonight.
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While serving as state treasurer, Ann Richards was the keynote speaker at the Democrats' 1988 convention in Atlanta.
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The keynote speaker had wound up to polite applause.
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The keynote speaker was Arthur Goldberg, now a Supreme Court justice.
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Is it the party that selected Susan Molinari, a moderate, pro-choice congresswoman, as its keynote speaker ?
speech
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This report contains three keynote speeches on commissioning, carrying out and disseminating research.
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The conventioneers did not care that her 30-minute keynote speech was largely nonpartisan.
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Mr Kinnock intends to reinforce his conviction that Labour is in a position to win in his keynote speech tomorrow.
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Vice President Al Gore will be on hand to give a keynote speech .
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Susan Molinari of New York, who will deliver the keynote speech .
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Jobs and his onetime partner Steve Wozniak are scheduled to join Amelio on-stage during his keynote speech .
■ VERB
give
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Vice President Al Gore will be on hand to give a keynote speech.
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Flexibility is the keynote and is a feature often recommended in pilot studies preliminary to a full-scale study.
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Its keynote is not anger but scorn.
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We have just said that the development of consciousness is the keynote of all creation.
II. verb
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Mr. Graham is expected to keynote the conference.