notice

noun

1. (uncountable)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.”

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

2. (countable)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.”

   “I always read the death notices in the paper.”

3. (countable)A formal notification or warning.

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

4. (uncountable)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.”

5. (countable)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.”

6. (uncountable)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.”

7. (countable, dated, uncountable)Attention; respectful treatment; civility.

verb

1. (archaic, transitive)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.”

2. (transitive)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?”

   “Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.”

   “[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, […].”

3. (obsolete, transitive)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.”

4. (intransitive)To be noticeable; to show.

   “The blackness didn't notice so much when she was born; but it's unmistakeable now.”

5. (Internet, intransitive, slur)To perceive Jewish influence or responsibility.

   “Coordinate term: pattern noticer”

   “Noticing is antiseptic.”