notice
Syllables: no·ticeUK/ˈnəʊ.tɪs//ˈnoʊ.tɪs/
notice noun: the act of observing; perception.
Noun
notice (countable and uncountable, plural notices)
- 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.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16
- 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.
- A formal notification or warning.
- The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice.
- 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.
- 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.1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920-, volume 18, page 167
- 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.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...
- Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
- Synonyms:
- heed
Verb
notice (third-person singular simple present notices, present participle noticing, simple past and past participle noticed)
- To remark upon; to mention.
- Numberless are the arguments […] that men have used morally and physically, to degrade the sex. I must notice a few.1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC
- 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?1991, Gregory Widen, Backdraft
- To 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.1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 3, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC
- To be noticeable; to show.
- The blackness didn't notice so much when she was born; but it's unmistakeable now.1954, Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, Dorothy, published 2010, page 9
- To perceive Jewish influence or responsibility.
- Coordinate term: pattern noticer
- Noticing is antiseptic.
notice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
notice in Hindi
- act of observing
- पर्यवेक्षण paryavekṣaṇ, निरीक्षण nirīkṣaṇ
- written or printed announcement
- विज्ञप्ति vijñapti, सूचना sūcnā
- to become aware of
- ध्यान देना dhyān denā
notice in Tamil
- written or printed announcement
- அறிவிப்பு aṟivippu
notice in Marathi
- सूचना, नोटीस
notice in Urdu
- notice
- اطلاع ittilā'
More languagesFewer languages
- notice in Bengali
- খেয়াল kheẏal, লখা lokha, বিজ্ঞাপন biggapon
- notice in Telugu
- నోటీసు
- notice in Malayalam
- നിരീക്ഷണം nirīkṣaṇaṁ, നോട്ടീസ് nōṭṭīsŭ, താക്കീത് tākkītŭ, സൂചിപ്പിക്കുക sūcippikkuka
- notice in Kannada
- ಸೂಳ್ಗರೆತ, ಪ್ರಕಟಣ, ನೋಟೀಸು, ತಗಾದೆ
- notice in Punjabi
- سوچنا sūcnā
- notice in Gujarati
- નોટિસ
- notice in Odia
- ନୋଟିସ
- notice in Sanskrit
- लक्ष् lakṣ, लक्षति lakṣati
- notice in Assamese
- ধৰা পেলোৱা dhora pelüa
- notice in Nepali
- खबर khabar
- notice in Tagalog
- patalastas
- notice in Arabic
- لَاحَظَ lāḥaẓa, اِنْتَبَهَ intabaha
- notice in Malay
- perasan
- notice in Persian
- ملاحظه molāheze, متوجه شدن motavajje šodan, ملاحظه کردن
- notice in Thai
- สังเกต sǎng-gèet
- notice in Vietnamese
- nhận thấy
Examples of notice in a sentence
- I always read the death notices in the paper.
- How ready is envy to mingle with the notices which we take of other persons?1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:
- [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023:
Synonyms of notice
Antonyms
Forms of notice
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | notices |
| alternative abbreviation | not. |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | notices |
| present participle | noticing |
| past participle | noticed |
| past | noticed |
Origin of notice
Borrowed from Middle French notice, from the Latin nōtitia. Doublet of notitia.
Words formed from notice
- at a moment's notice
- at short notice
- black notice
- blue notice
- burn notice
- constructive notice
- counternotice
- DA-notice
- D-notice
- first notice day
- fixed penalty notice
- forenotice
- give notice
- give one's notice
- green notice
- judicial notice
- legal notice
- notice and comment
- notice board
- notice period
- on notice
- on short notice
- orange notice
- penal notice
- polite notice
- pre-notice
- private notice question
- purple notice
- reading notice
- red notice
- serve notice
- short notice
- sit up and take notice
- take no notice of
- take notice
- term of notice
- un-notice
- until further notice
- wanted notice
- yellow notice
- noticeability
- noticer
- unnotice
- unnoticed
- unnoticing
Phrases with notice
- gave notice
- took notice
- given notice
- gives notice
- taken notice
- takes notice
- giving notice
- notice boards
- served notice
- serves notice
- taking notice
- notice periods
15 more phrasesFewer phrases
- serving notice
- first notice days
- gave one's notice
- took no notice of
- given one's notice
- gives one's notice
- taken no notice of
- takes no notice of
- giving one's notice
- taking no notice of
- sat up and took notice
- sat up and taken notice
- private notice questions
- sits up and takes notice
- sitting up and taking notice
Words that rhyme with notice
Questions about notice
- What does notice mean?
- Notice means the act of observing; perception.
- What is notice in Hindi?
- Notice in Hindi is पर्यवेक्षण (paryavekṣaṇ), निरीक्षण (nirīkṣaṇ), विज्ञप्ति (vijñapti). See Notice meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use notice in a sentence?
- I always read the death notices in the paper.
- What part of speech is notice?
- Notice can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce notice?
- Notice is pronounced /ˈnəʊ.tɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of notice?
- The plural of notice is notices.
Words near notice in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: notice (page history and authors); notice (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اطلاع (Urdu) (page history and authors); খেয়াল (Bengali) (page history and authors); notice (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سوچنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); notice (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notice (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); लक्षति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); खबर (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-notice.ogg.
Cite this entry: “notice.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/notice. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.