notice

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊtɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊtɪs/

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• Hyphenation: no‧tice

Etymology

From Latin notitia.

Noun

notice (plural notices)

1. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.

   He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.

   • 1893, Walter Besant, “Prologue”, in The Ivory Gate:

     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.

   • Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

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

2. (countable) A written or printed announcement.

   Shall we post a notice about the new policy?

   I always read the death notices in the paper.

3. (countable) A formal notification or warning.
4. ​ (chiefly 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.
6. (uncountable) Prior notification.

   I don't mind if you want to change the venue; just give me some notice first, OK?

   • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

     I […] have given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here.

7. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.

Derived terms

• short notice

Translations

act of observing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 注意 (zh) (zhùyì)

• Finnish: huomio (fi), havainto (fi)
• Portuguese: percepção (pt)

• Romanian: observare (ro) f, percepere (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: fios m, aire f
• Serbo-Croatian: zapažanje
• Swahili: notisi (sw), notisi (sw)

written or printed announcement

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公告 (zh) (gōnggào)

• Czech: oznámení n
• Danish: notits (da) c
• Esperanto: afiŝo, anoncado
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi)

• German: Bekanntmachung (de) f
• Irish: fógra m, fógraí m pl
• Maori: pānui
• Romanian: înștiințare (ro) f, aviz (ro) n,
• Russian: объявление (ru) n (obʺуаvlenie)
• Swahili: notisi (sw)

formal notification or warning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (notify in advance) 提前通知 (tíqián tōngzhī)

• Czech: výpověď (cs) f
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), huomautus (fi), tiedonanto, varoitus (fi)
• German: Benachrichtigung (de) f, Mitteilung (de) f

• Irish: fógra m
• Romanian: notificare (ro) f, aviz (ro) n, avertisment (ro) n
• Spanish: comunicación (es) f, notificación f
• Swahili: notisi (sw)

notification of termination of employment

• Danish: opsigelsesfrist c
• German: Kündigungsfrist f
• Hungarian: felmondási idő

published critical review

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 評論 (zh), 评论 (zh) (pínglùn)

• Finnish: arvostelu (fi)
• Swahili: notisi (sw)

Verb

notice (third-person singular simple present notices, present participle noticing, simple past and past participle noticed)

1. (transitive) To observe or take notice of.
   • 1991, Gregory Widen, Backdraft

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: 

     [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, […].

   Did you notice the flowers in her yard?

2. (transitive) To detect; to perceive with the mind.

   I noticed that the dog hadn't barked the night of the murder.

Translations

to observe

• Arabic: لاحظ (laaHaZa)
• Catalan: fixar-se en, notar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 理會, 理会 (zh) (lǐhuì), 注意到 (zhùyìdào), 注意 (zh) (zhùyì)

• Czech: všimnout si
• Danish: bemærke
• Dutch: opmerken (nl)
• Estonian: märkama
• Finnish: huomata (fi), panna merkille
• French: remarquer (fr)
• German: bemerken (de)
• Greek: σημειώνω (el) (simeióno), παρατηρώ (el) (paratiró), προσέχω (el) (prosécho), αντιλαμβάνομαι (el) (antilamvánomai)

  Ancient: ἐνθυμέομαι (enthumeomai)

• Hebrew: שם לב (sam lev)
• Icelandic: taka eftir
• Irish: tabhair faoi deara
• Italian: notare (it)
• Japanese: 気が付く (ki-ga tsuku), 認める (ja) (mitomeru), 見掛ける (mikakeru)
• Latin: animum advertō
• Polish: zauważyć (pl)
• Portuguese: notar (pt), ver (pt), perceber (pt)
• Russian: замечать (ru) (zamečát'), заметить (ru) (zamétit')
• Serbo-Croatian: primjetiti
• Spanish: darse cuenta
• Swedish: notera (sv), observera (sv), uppfatta (sv), förnimma (sv), märka (sv), lägga märke till (sv)

to detect

• Arabic: لاحظ (laaHaZa), انتبه (intábaha)
• Catalan: adonar-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 注意到 (zhùyìdào)

• Estonian: täheldama
• Finnish: huomata (fi)
• French: s'apercevoir (fr), remarquer (fr)
• German: bemerken (de), feststellen (de)

• Hebrew: שם לב (sam lev)
• Japanese: 気が付く (ki-ga tsuku), 認める (ja) (mitomeru), 見掛ける (mikakeru)
• Portuguese: notar (pt), ver (pt), perceber (pt)
• Russian: замечать (ru) (zamečát'), заметить (ru) (zamétit')
• Serbo-Croatian: zapaziti
• Swedish: tänka på
• Turkish: farkına varmak (tr), farketmek (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: rimarki
• Korean: 주의하다
• Ido: remarkar
• Spanish: reparar en, fijarse

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: reading · German · seven · #777: notice · week · stone · tree

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

From Latin notitia

Noun

notice f (plural notices)

1. instruction

   Avez-vous lu la notice avant de monter le meuble?