Definitions

keynote address

NOUN

main speech of event

Synonyms

STRONGEST

keynote keynote speech

Example Sentences

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Ukrainian officials said the attack was aimed at disrupting the three-day gathering, which President Vladimir Putin will attend and make a keynote address at on Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Gustavo Dudamel, the world-renowned music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted the USC band and also delivered the keynote address.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Something had shifted over those few days, a shift most eloquently expressed in Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s keynote address.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Yet on the same day, the foundation said Gates would deliver his keynote address as scheduled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

All this, too, was before John Kerry invited him to give the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention being held in Boston.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama