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Antonyms for compare notes
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : noht |
| Phonetic Transcription : noʊt |
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
- 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
- altercate
- argue
- ask advice of
- be closeted with
- bounce off
- brainstorm
- call in
- canvass
- cogitate
- collogue
- commune
- compare notes
- confab
- confabulate
- confer
- consider
- consult with
- contend
- contest
- converse
- debate
- deliberate
- descant
- discept
- discourse about
- discuss
- dispute
- dissert
- dissertate
- examine
- exchange views on
- explain
- figure
- flap
- get together
- go into
- groupthink
- hash over
- hold forth
- huddle
- interrogate
- interview
- jaw
- kick about
- kick ideas around
- knock around
- moot
- negotiate
- parlay
- pick one's brains
- powwow
- put heads together
- question
- reason about
- refer to
- regard
- respect
- review
- seek advice
- seek opinion of
- sift
- take a meeting
- take account of
- take counsel
- take up
- talk over
- thrash out
- toss around
- toss ideas around
- treat
- turn to
- ventilate
- weigh
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