take notice

idiomatic phrase

: to become aware of or give attention to something or someone : to observe or treat something or someone with special attention

… one Saturday in October 1984, San Francisco coach Bill Walsh flipped on the TV to watch college football, saw Rice on the highlights and took notice.

—Peter King

—often used with of

It was a while before anyone took notice of the change.

… suggests that the academy is at last beginning to sit up and take notice of how the world really works.

—Terry Teachout

They took no notice of him. [=they ignored him]

Examples of take notice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wall Street has taken notice, with pure-play quantum stocks like IonQ soaring 122% over the past three years, and D-Wave Quantum jumping more than 320% in the past year alone. —Pia Singh, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026

Experts hope the public and policymakers take notice of the growing problem of space debris. —Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026

Getty Images for SelvaRey Whenever Bruno Mars begins a new chapter, millions of people all around the world take notice. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

Fans have taken notice over the past couple of years that the singer regularly returns to the Amina Muaddi’s Barbara style in snake print. —Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for take notice

• haliotis
• melilotus
• lotus
• motus
• microtus
• myotis