Notice

/ˈnəʊ.tɪs/ · noun

Meaning

(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
2. (countable) A written or printed announcement.
3. (countable) A formal notification or warning.
4. (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
5. (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
6. (uncountable) Prior notification.
7. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
8. (transitive, now rare) To remark upon; to mention.

Example Sentences

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?

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.

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

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

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Word Forms

• notices
• not.
• noticing
• noticed

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