notate

Write in symbols

To notate is to write something down in a specialized system of symbols or notation—most often music, but also dance, chess moves, or mathematical expressions.

She notated the melody she'd been humming all day.

The word is a back-formation from notation, used when ordinary writing won't capture what needs recording.

music

staff

Organization's workers collectively

clefStaff pitch indicator
trebleHigh frequency range
bassDeep pitch or fish

rest · sharp · flat · natural · bar · measure · dynamics · forte · piano · crescendo

choreography

movement

Change in position

choreographCompose movement sequences
scoreNumerical standing in competition
spacingInterval arrangement between objects

timing · sequence · step · position · formation · blocking · staging

transcribe

stenography

Compressed symbolic writing system

shorthandAbbreviated writing system
dictationOral text for writing
verbatimIn identical wording

transcriptionist · stenotype · phonetics · transliterate · captioning · subtitles · deposition · minutes · speech-to-text · IPA

annotate

marginalia

Notes in page edges

commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
glossShine or annotation
footnoteCitation at page bottom

remark · observation · clarification · elucidation · editorial · cross-reference · endnote · sidebar · mark-up · symbol

notate

staff

movement

stenography

marginalia

notate

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