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NOTICE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of noticing or paying attention

Example:

he escaped the notice of the police

Synonyms:

notice; observance; observation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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"):

mind (attention)

remark (explicit notice)

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 2

Meaning:

Polite or favorable attention

Example:

his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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 3

Meaning:

A short critical review

Example:

the play received good notices

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An announcement containing information about an event

Example:

a notice of sale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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 5

Meaning:

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

Example:

a poster advertised the coming attractions

Synonyms:

bill; card; notice; placard; poster; posting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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:

A request for payment

Example:

the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting

Synonyms:

notice; notification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)

Derivation:

notify (inform (somebody) of something)

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Example:

he gave notice two months before he moved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make or write a comment on

Example:

he commented the paper of his colleague

Synonyms:

comment; notice; point out; remark

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

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

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

kibbitz; kibitz (make unwanted and intrusive comments)

wisecrack (make a comment, usually ironic)

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 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

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

Synonyms:

acknowledge; notice

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Notice or perceive

Example:

mark my words

Synonyms:

mark; note; notice

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

"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 4

Meaning:

Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

Example:

We found traces of lead in the paint

Synonyms:

detect; discover; find; notice; observe

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

You swam up into my serious notice.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the same moment Matt noticed two objects lying in the snow.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Several young ladies, who had taken no notice of her before, were very affectionate all of a sudden.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The girl has sworn that as he spoke she noticed the corner of the little paper packet protruding from his closed hand.

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

But his hurry had attracted my notice, and I recognized him at glance.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When my dearest aunt died every one was too much occupied in their own grief to notice poor Justine, who had attended her during her illness with the most anxious affection.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

With your permission, gentlemen, we will now return to our cottage, for I am not aware that any new factor is likely to come to our notice here.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed?

(PHQ-9 - Moving or Speaking Slowly or the Opposite being Fidgety or Restless, NCI Thesaurus)

When you do get symptoms, they are often vague or you may not notice them.

(Pancreatic Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Some people do not notice symptoms at all.

(Diabetes Type 2, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)