Etimology
Borrowed from Middle French notice, from the Latin nōtitia. Doublet of notitia.
noun
notice (countable and uncountable, plural notices)
(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
(countable) A written or printed announcement.
(countable) A formal notification or warning.
(chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
(countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
(uncountable) Prior notification.
(dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
Examples
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?
Shall we post a notice about the new policy?
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.
I can't work here any longer. I'm giving notice.
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.
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.
Related words
synonyms
(attention): heed, regard;see also Thesaurus:attention
verb
notice (third-person singular simple present notices, present participle noticing, simple past and past participle noticed)
(transitive, now rare) To remark upon; to mention. [from 17th c.]
(transitive) To become aware of; to observe. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete, transitive) To lavish attention upon; to treat (someone) favourably. [17th–19th c.]
(intransitive) To be noticeable; to show. [from 20th c.]
Examples
Numberless are the arguments […] that men have used morally and physically, to degrade the sex. I must notice a few.
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, […].
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.
The blackness didn't notice so much when she was born; but it's unmistakeable now.
Related words
synonyms
recognize
antonyms
ignore
neglect