A woman places a notice on a bulletin board.
- Notice is something that gets attention or an official warning announcement or the practice of formally quitting a job.
- An example of notice is when your attitude attracts attention.
- An example of notice is a bulletin sent out about a new product.
- An example of notice is when you tell your boss you are leaving your job in two weeks.
- To notice is to learn about or see something for the first time, or giving someone or something attention.
- An example of notice is when you see someone got a new haircut.
- An example of notice is when an author has his book reviewed in the newspaper.
notice
- information, announcement, or warning; esp., formal announcement or warning, as in a newspaper: a legal notice
- a brief mention or critical review of a work of art, book, play, etc.
- a written or printed sign giving some public information, warning, or rule
- the act of observing; attention; regard; heed; cognizance
- courteous attention; civility
- a formal announcement or warning of intention to end an agreement, relation, or contract at a certain time: to give a tenant notice
Origin of notice
Late Middle English ; from Middle French ; from Classical Latin notitia ; from notus: see note -·ticed, -·tic·ing
- to mention; refer to; comment on
- to review briefly
- to regard; observe; pay attention to
- to be courteous or responsive to
notice Idioms
serve notice
to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
take notice
to become aware; pay attention; observe
notice
noun
- The act of noting or observing; perception or attention: That detail escaped my notice.
- Respectful attention or consideration: grateful for the teacher's notice.
- A written or printed announcement: a notice of sale.
- a. 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.b. The condition of being formally warned or notified: put us on notice for chronic lateness.
- A printed critical review, as of a play or book.
transitive verb
no·ticed, no·tic·ing, no·tic·es- To take notice of; observe: noticed a figure in the doorway. See Synonyms at see1.
- To perceive with the mind; detect: noticed several discrepancies.
- Archaic a. To comment on; mention.b. To treat with courteous attention.
Origin of notice
Middle English, knowledge, from Old French, from Latin n&omacron;titia, from n&omacron;tus, known, past participle of n&omacron;scere, to get to know; see gn&omacron;- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- no′tic·er
noun
notice
Noun
(plural notices)
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
- He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.
- (countable) A written or printed announcement.
- Shall we post a notice about the new policy?
- I always read the death notices in the paper.
- (countable) A formal notification or warning.
- (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.
- (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
- (uncountable) Prior notification.
- I don't mind if you want to change the venue; just give me some notice first, OK?
- (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present notices, present participle noticing, simple past and past participle noticed)
Origin
From Latin notitia.
notice - Legal Definition
n
- A state of awareness of a fact or thing, as required by law or contract.
- A communication seeking to make its recipient aware of a fact or thing, as required by law or contract.
Notice personally received by the person for whom it was intended.
constructive noticeNotice deemed to have been received by a party, due to publicly known
facts or events of which that party had a duty to be aware.
implied noticeNotice deemed to have been received by a party, due to his or her
knowledge of other information that should have led that party to become aware
of the matter in question.
inquiry noticeNotice deemed to have been received by a party, due to the party’s
knowledge of other information that would have caused a reasonable person to
inquire further.
judicial noticeNotice taken by a court that a fact is so obvious, well-known or
commonly accepted that no proof is required to establish that fact; for
example, judicial notice may be taken of the fact that many people died during
the events of September 11, 2001, without proof being necessary as to the
actual death of such persons.
personal noticeActual
notice received directly by the person for whom it was intended.
