Definition of notice
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a(1) : warning or intimation of something : announcement subject to change without notice — Dun's Rev. Please give us enough notice to prepare for your arrival.
(2) : the announcement of a party's intention to quit an agreement or relation at a specified time
tenants' right freely to give notice— Store Bolin
(3) : the condition of being warned or notified —usually used in the phrase on noticeputting all … court personnel on notice that fundamental rights had to be observed— E. E. Nobleman
b : information, intelligence
b : polite or favorable attention : civility She had very little notice from any but him.— Jane Austen
3 : a written or printed announcement
Newspapers print notices of marriages and deaths. A notice was sent to parents about the school trip.
4 : a short critical account or review
The play received good notices.
notice
verbnoticed; noticing; notices
Definition of notice (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to give notice of
2a : to comment upon
b : review
3a : to treat with attention or civility
b : to become aware of (something or someone) : to take notice of
No one noticed her arrival. I think Mr. Carver is showing us at least part of the truth about a segment of American experience few of our writers trouble to notice.— Irving Howe
4 : to give a formal notice to
: to become aware of something : to take notice
Only one middle-aged customer seems not to notice.— Carol Wallace He did some unorthodox things, … but no one noticed except the musicians who tried to duplicate them. — Rolling Stone
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