NOTICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does notice mean? 

• NOTICE (noun)
  The noun NOTICE has 7 senses:

1. an announcement containing information about an event

2. the act of noticing or paying attention

3. a request for payment

4. advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract

5. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

6. polite or favorable attention

7. a short critical review

  Familiarity information: NOTICE used as a noun is common.

• NOTICE (verb)
  The verb NOTICE has 4 senses:

1. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

2. notice or perceive

3. make or write a comment on

4. express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with

  Familiarity information: NOTICE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOTICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An announcement containing information about an event

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

a notice of sale

Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):

announcement; promulgation (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notice"):

caveat ((law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing)

necrology; obit; obituary (a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography)

Derivation:

notify (inform (somebody) of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of noticing or paying attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

notice; observance; observation

Context example:

he escaped the notice of the police

Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):

attending; attention (the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notice"):

remark (explicit notice)

mind (attention)

Derivation:

notice (express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with)

notice (notice or perceive)

notice (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A request for payment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

notice; notification

Context example:

the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting

Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):

asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)

Derivation:

notify (inform (somebody) of something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he gave notice two months before he moved

Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):

apprisal; notification; telling (informing by words)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notice"):

dismissal; dismission; pink slip (official notice that you have been fired from your job)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bill; card; notice; placard; poster; posting

Context example:

a poster advertised the coming attractions

Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):

sign (a public display of a message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notice"):

show bill; show card; theatrical poster (a poster advertising a show or play)

flash card; flashcard (a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Polite or favorable attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice

Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):

attending; attention (the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others)

Derivation:

notice (express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A short critical review

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the play received good notices

Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):

critical review; critique; review; review article (an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play))

Derivation:

notice (make or write a comment on)

• NOTICE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

detect; discover; find; notice; observe

Context example:

We found traces of lead in the paint

Hypernyms (to "notice" is one way to...):

sight; spy (catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes)

Verb group:

discover; find (make a discovery, make a new finding)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "notice"):

catch out; find out (trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act)

sense (detect some circumstance or entity automatically)

instantiate (find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word))

trace (discover traces of)

see (observe as if with an eye)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

notice (the act of noticing or paying attention)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Notice or perceive

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

mark; note; notice

Context example:

mark my words

"Notice" entails doing...:

comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "notice"):

take notice (observe with special attention)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Antonym:

ignore (fail to notice)

Derivation:

notice (the act of noticing or paying attention)

noticeable (capable or worthy of being noticed)

noticeable (capable of being detected)

noticer (someone who takes notice)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make or write a comment on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

comment; notice; point out; remark

Context example:

he commented the paper of his colleague

Hypernyms (to "notice" is one way to...):

mention; note; observe; remark (make mention of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "notice"):

wisecrack (make a comment, usually ironic)

kibbitz; kibitz (make unwanted and intrusive comments)

criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

notice (a short critical review)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

acknowledge; notice

Context example:

it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing

Hypernyms (to "notice" is one way to...):

react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "notice"):

cite; mention (commend)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

notice (the act of noticing or paying attention)

notice (polite or favorable attention)

 Context examples 

He seemed not to notice, but remarked that the smuts in London were not quite so bad as they used to be when he was a student here.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Beyond a sailor at the wheel who stared curiously across the top of the cabin, I attracted no notice whatever.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

His doing so drew her notice.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“I tell you what, old boy,” he added, “I shall make quite a town-house of this place, unless you give me notice to quit.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Those are all the notices which appeared before the disappearance of the bride.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He certainly acted on very short notice.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was noticed that the man was getting fat.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I shall send Miss Temple notice that she is to expect a new girl, so that there will be no difficulty about receiving her.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Charles heard it quite by chance; they have not had the civility to give me any notice, or of offering to take anything.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

His attentions were such as a child must have noticed.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)