notice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnəʊtɪs/
ipa: /ˈnoʊtɪs/
ipa: [ˈnoʊɾɪs]
note: Indic
ipa: /no.ʈis/
rhymes: -əʊtɪs
Forms: form: notices
form: not.
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French notice, from the Latin nōtitia. Doublet of notitia.
Senses: examples: text: He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.
text: 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.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:
text: How ready is envy to mingle with the notices which we take of other persons?
ref: 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of observing; perception.
examples: text: Shall we post a notice about the new policy?
text: A notice was attached to the building reminding the residents about the five hour water shortage that was happening today.
text: I always read the death notices in the paper.
glosses: A written or printed announcement.
examples: text: The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice.
glosses: A formal notification or warning.
examples: text: I gave her her mandatory two weeks' notice and sacked her.
text: I can't work here any longer. I'm giving notice.
glosses: Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920-, volume 18, page 167:
glosses: A published critical review of a play or the like.
examples: text: I don't mind if you want to change the venue; just give me some notice first, OK?
text: 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.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: Prior notification.
glosses: Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
Synonyms: sense: attention
word: heed
word: regard
word: attention
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: at a moment's notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: at short notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: black notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: blue notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: burn notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: constructive notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: counternotice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: DA-notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: D-notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: first notice day
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: fixed penalty notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: forenotice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: give notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: give one's notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: green notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: judicial notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: legal notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: notice and comment
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: notice board
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: notice period
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: on notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: on short notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: orange notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: penal notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: polite notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: pre-notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: private notice question
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: purple notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: reading notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: red notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: serve notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: short notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: sit up and take notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: take no notice of
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: take notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: term of notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: un-notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: until further notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: wanted notice
sense: Terms derived from notice [noun]
word: yellow notice