(~s, noticing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something or someone, you become aware of them.
People should not hesitate to contact the police if they’ve ~d anyone acting suspiciously...
I ~d that most academics were writing papers during the summer...
Luckily, I’d ~d where you left the car...
Mrs Shedden ~d a bird sitting on the garage roof...
She needn’t worry that he’ll think she looks a mess. He won’t ~.
VERB: V n, V that, V wh, V n -ing, V, also V n inf
2.
A ~ is a written announcement in a place where everyone can read it.
A few guest houses had ‘No Vacancies’ ~s in their windows.
...a ~ which said ‘Beware Flooding’.
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3.
If you give ~ about something that is going to happen, you give a warning in advance that it is going to happen.
Interest is paid monthly. Three months’ ~ is required for withdrawals...
She was transferred without ~.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
4.
A ~ is a formal announcement in a newspaper or magazine about something that has happened or is going to happen.
I rang The Globe with news of Blake’s death, and put ~s in the personal column of The Times...
= announcement
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5.
A ~ is one of a number of letters that are similar or exactly the same which an organization sends to people in order to give them information or ask them to do something.
Bonus ~s were issued each year from head office to local agents...
N-COUNT: usu supp N
6.
A ~ is a written article in a newspaper or magazine in which someone gives their opinion of a play, film, or concert.
Nevertheless, it’s good to know you’ve had good ~s, even if you don’t read them.
= review
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7.
Notice is used in expressions such as ‘at short ~’, ‘at a moment’s ~’ or ‘at twenty-four hours’ ~’, to indicate that something can or must be done within a short period of time.
There’s no one available at such short ~ to take her class...
All our things stayed in our suitcase, as if we had to leave at a moment’s ~.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v
8.
If you bring something to someone’s ~, you make them aware of it.
I am so glad that you have brought this to my ~...
PHRASE: V inflects
9.
If something comes to your ~, you become aware of it.
Her work also came to the ~ of the French actor-producer Louis Jouvet...
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If something escapes your ~, you fail to recognize it or realize it.
It hasn’t escaped our ~ that the hospital has come out of all the proposed changes really quite nicely...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR that
11.
If a situation is said to exist until further ~, it will continue for an uncertain length of time until someone changes it.
All flights to Lanchow had been cancelled until further ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v
12.
If an employer gives an employee ~, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a fixed period of time. (BUSINESS)
The next morning I telephoned him and gave him his ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
13.
If you hand in your ~ or give in your ~, you tell your employer that you intend to leave your job soon within a set period of time. (BUSINESS)
He handed in his ~ at the bank and ruined his promising career.
= quit
PHRASE: V inflects
14.
If you take ~ of a particular fact or situation, you behave in a way that shows that you are aware of it.
We want the government to take ~ of what we think they should do for single parents...
This should make people sit up and take ~.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR of n
15.
If you take no ~ of someone or something, you do not consider them to be important enough to affect what you think or what you do.
They took no ~ of him, he did not stand out, he was in no way remarkable...
I tried not to take any ~ at first but then I was offended by it.
= ignore
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR of n