Notice

Quick meaning: Notice is a noun meaning (countable) A written or printed announcement.

Meaning

(countable) A written or printed announcement.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

I always read the death notices in the paper.

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

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

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

Word Forms

• notices
• noticing
• noticed

Synonyms for notice

Depending on context, synonyms include heed, regard, recognize, observe, mark, remark.

Antonyms for notice

Common opposites include ignore, neglect.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include remark, observation, observe, observance, comment, notification.

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