Definition of notice

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no·tice    (nts) KEY 

NOUN:

1. The act of noting or observing; perception or attention: That detail escaped my notice.
2. Respectful attention or consideration: grateful for the teacher's notice.
3. A written or printed announcement: a notice of sale.
4. 1. A formal announcement, notification, or warning, especially an announcement of one's intention to withdraw from an agreement or leave a job: gave my employer two weeks' notice; raised the price without notice.
   2. The condition of being formally warned or notified: put us on notice for chronic lateness.
5. A printed critical review, as of a play or book.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
no·ticed, no·tic·ing, no·tic·es

1. To take notice of; observe: noticed a figure in the doorway. See Synonyms at see¹.
2. To perceive with the mind; detect: noticed several discrepancies.
3. To comment on; mention.
4. To treat with courteous attention.
5. To give or file a notice of: noticed the court case for next Tuesday.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, knowledge, from Old French, from Latin ntitia, from ntus, known, past participle of nscere, to get to know; see gn- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
notic·er(Noun)