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jotting Definition

jot·ting (jät)

noun

a short note jotted down

jotting Synonyms

jotting

n.

note, item, entry, scribbling; see note 2, record 1.

jotting Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • contain: Some pages contain just a few jottings with page 17 containing one line: " She'll get over it.
  • make: The next step was to actually explore the site, making quick on-the-spot jottings, which we shared afterward by reading aloud.
  • write: And if YOU sat and wrote Some short jotting, or note, We'll not need another for ages.
  • have: She had jottings about bees, she had jottings about what you could make from household ingredients.

Adjective modifier

  • little: They might fondly think of Matthew as following Jesus around with a notebook, making little jottings whenever he had a spare moment.
  • few: Here are a few jottings on my Sussex travels.
  • random: On examination our notebooks turn up the usual collection of unhelpful random jottings, too many of which go in for botany.
  • private: The notebooks had several purposes: notes for BJ's lectures and his sermons, or miscellaneous private jottings.
  • initial: The students might compare their initial jotting with the final discussion.
  • short: And if YOU sat and wrote Some short jotting, or note, We'll not need another for ages.

Noun used with modifier

notebook: There are some fillers here, notebook jottings that might chiefly interest somebody like myself with a professional interest in Sinclair's work.

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