take notes

1. Also, make notes. Record one's observations or what one hears in order to help recall them later. For example, Jim never takes notes in class and I think he'll regret it, or The decorator made notes of window measurements and other dimensions. [Mid-1500s] Also see take note.

Example Sentences

The ordinary viewer may need to take notes to keep things straight; titles notwithstanding, I wasn’t always certain what island we were on, especially since characters might be living on or aligned with another, and because within an island, various “districts” might be at war, intramurally, as it were.

From Los Angeles Times

Will older voters have a soft spot for this featherweight Gen X friends drama, or were they just watching to take notes on places to visit in upstate New York?

From Los Angeles Times

They line up every day, early, just like the rest of us, and take notes, just like the rest of us, but there’s a distinct tension between how they present the trial and how we do.

From Slate

Take notes, because there’s so much material you’ll be able to write a book, launch a podcast or participate in court cases still to be decided.

From Los Angeles Times

There are whispers of slammed doors, and tales of one cabinet minister refusing to take notes to meetings, and answering "no" to every suggestion or remark made by officials.

From BBC