See record by Queen, taking note (7)
I believe the answer is:
discern
'see' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'record by queen taking note' is the wordplay.
'record' becomes 'disc' (eg a CD, compact disc).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'queen' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'taking note' becomes 'n' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'taking' bit.).
'disc'+'er'+'n'='DISCERN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for discern that I've seen before include "Recognise, find out" , "Cinders (anag)" , "Pick out" , "Espy" , "Detect" .)