notice

noun

1. 1

   The act of observing; perception.

   He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.

   Athelstan Arundel walked home[…], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.

   How ready is envy to mingle with the notices which we take of other persons?

2. 2

   A written or printed announcement.

   A series of notices signpost patients to the X-ray department.

   A notice was attached to the building reminding the residents about the five hour water shortage that was happening today.

   I always read the death notices in the paper.

3. 3

   A formal notification or warning.

   The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice.

4. 4

   Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.

   I gave her her mandatory two weeks' notice and sacked her.

   I can't work here any longer. I'm giving notice.

5. 5

   A published critical review of a play or the like.

   The first-night audience, yes. The first-night reviewers, not exactly. The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave.

6. 6

   Prior notification.

   I don't mind if you want to change the venue; just give me some notice first, OK?

   I have been with your father and given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here with him this night.

7. 7

   datedAttention; respectful treatment; civility.

verb

1. 1

   archaicTo remark upon; to mention.

   Numberless are the arguments […] that men have used morally and physically, to degrade the sex. I must notice a few.

2. 2

   To become aware of; to observe.

   Did you notice the flowers in her yard?

   So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

   [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].

3. 3

   obsoleteTo lavish attention upon; to treat (someone) favourably.

   She would notice her; she would improve her; she would detach her from her bad acquaintance, and introduce her into good society; she would form her opinions and her manners.

4. 4

   To be noticeable; to show.

   The blackness didn't notice so much when she was born; but it's unmistakeable now.

5. 5

   To perceive Jewish influence or responsibility.

   Coordinate term: pattern noticer

   Noticing is antiseptic.

Forms

plural

notices

past tense

noticed

past participle

noticed

present participle

noticing

third person singular

notices