I. ˈnōd.ə̇s, -ōtə̇s noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English notyce, from Middle French notice acquaintance, from Latin notitia, from notus (past participle of noscere to become acquainted with) + -itia -ice — more at know
1.
a.
(1) : formal or informal warning or intimation of something : announcement
subject to change without notice — Dun's Review
was notice that Britain meant to crack down on violence — Time
give notice of the fat and wrinkles coming to the young bride — H.M.Parshley
(2) : a warning, announcement, or intimation given a specified time before the event to take place
evacuating a school building … in a minute's notice — Rose Bernadette
upon reasonable notice , these charges are subject to adjustment — Bulletin of Bates College
ready to leave at short notice
allow me ten minutes' notice
(3) : notification by one of the parties to an agreement or relation (as by an employer to a laborer) of intention of terminating it at a specified time
tenants' right freely to give notice — Store Bolin
(4) : a communication of intelligence or of a claim or demand often required by statute or contract and prescribing the manner or form of giving it
a notice to quit leased premises
(5) : the condition of being warned or notified — usually used in the phrase on notice
are on notice that their military supply centers … would no longer be a privileged sanctuary — New York Times
putting all … court personnel on notice that fundamental rights had to be observed — E.E.Nobleman
b. : information , intelligence
notice of any errors … should be addressed — Federal Guide (Australia)
give notice of a poet — H.A.Larrabee
c.
(1) archaic : knowledge
(2) : actual knowledge of a pertinent legal fact — called also actual notice, express notice
(3) : knowledge of a particular fact (as the terms of a lease when one knows a tenant is in possession) capable of being acquired by the exercise of reasonable care on the part of the person legally chargeable with it — called also implied notice
(4) : knowledge of a particular fact (as from deeds recorded in a public registry office) imputed by a positive rule of law to a person regardless of his actual knowledge — called also constructive notice
d. obsolete : notion , idea
2.
a.
(1) : attention , heed , observation
first attracted notice with his short novel
will be brought under the notice of the police — Priscilla Hughes
the first … to receive notice from history — W.J.Entwistle & W.A.Morison
— often used in the phrase take notice
doubted whether she would take much notice — Gerard Bourke
you sit up and take notice
(2) : the condition of being noticed
brought him into public notice — Gearoid O'Sullivan
b. : polite or favorable attention : favor , respect , civility
she had very little notice from any but him — Jane Austen
3. : a written or printed announcement or bulletin
one sees crude notices of patent medicines — American Guide Series: Florida
inserted a notice in the newspaper
all the societies put up printed notices of their activities — S.P.B.Mais
4.
a. : a critical account or commentary on a play or other public performance
the stage play received … glowing notices — C.J.Rolo
opened to enthusiastic notices — Current Biography
b. : book review
presume that your book … is not out yet though I have heard rumors of notices — O.W.Holmes †1935
a collection of book notices — British Book News
c. : critical examination : review , evaluation
the books under notice … are a valuable addition — Times Literary Supplement
considered 2,179 publications and selected 887 for notice — L.H.Evans
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: in sense 1a, from Middle English notysen to notify, from notyce; in other senses from notice (I)
transitive verb
1.
a. archaic : notify , intimate
b. : to give notice of the scheduling of (a legal proceeding) by placing on a court calendar
hearing on the motion was noticed for February 14 — Caryl Chessman
2.
a. : to comment or remark upon : make mention of : refer to
the city merchant's house … that is noticed in another chapter — Elizabeth Montizambert
three of the four men noticed by name — H.M.Reichard
b. : to write a notice of : review
asked me to notice the volume — O.W.Holmes †1935
noticed in these pages when it came out last year — Times Literary Supplement
3.
a. : to pay polite or favorable attention to : treat with attention or civility : greet , recognize
were noticed only by a curtsey — Jane Austen
b.
(1) : to take notice of with the senses : pay attention to : see , sense , note
noticed a strange odor in the room
some attractive feature that can be noticed — Agnes M. Miall
doesn't notice a word — Charles Dickens
began to notice other men — Time
barely noticed the clock strike midnight — Erle Stanley Gardner
(2) : to take notice of with the mind : mark
the first thing that we notice is that our thought moves with … incredible rapidity — J.H.Robinson †1936
worth while to notice that belief in the supernatural presupposes a belief in natural law — W.R.Inge
4. : to give a formal notice or notification to : serve a notice on
notice a tenant
intransitive verb
: to take notice
Synonyms: see see