1
a(1)
: warning or intimation of something : announcement
subject to change without notice—
Dun's Rev.
Dun's Rev.Please give us enough notice to prepare for your arrival.
(2)
: the announcement of a party's intention to quit an agreement or relation at a specified time
tenants' right freely to give notice—Store Bolin
Store Bolin
(3)
: the condition of being warned or notified
—usually used in the phrase on notice
putting all … court personnel on notice that fundamental rights had to be observed—E. E. Nobleman
E. E. Nobleman
b
2
a
: attention, heed
first attracted notice with his short novel
see also take notice
b
: polite or favorable attention : civility
She had very little notice from any but him.—Jane Austen
Jane Austen3
: a written or printed announcement
Newspapers print notices of marriages and deaths.
A notice was sent to parents about the school trip.
4
: a short critical account or review
The play received good notices.
noticed; noticing; notices
1
: to give notice of
2
a
: to comment upon
b
: review
3
a
: to treat with attention or civility
b
: to become aware of (something or someone) : to take notice of
No one noticed her arrival.
I think Mr. Carver is showing us at least part of the truth about a segment of American experience few of our writers trouble to notice.—Irving Howe
Irving Howe4
: to give a formal notice to
: to become aware of something : to take notice
Only one middle-aged customer seems not to notice.—Carol Wallace
Carol WallaceHe did some unorthodox things, … but no one noticed except the musicians who tried to duplicate them.—Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
noticer
noun
Synonyms
Examples of notice in a Sentence
Noun
Please give us enough notice to prepare for your arrival.
Notices were sent to parents about the school trip.
Did you see the notice about the meeting?
Newspapers print notices of marriages and deaths.
Verb
She noticed a smell of gas.
You didn't notice that I got my hair cut.
She noticed me leaving the meeting early.
I noticed an error in the book.
The problem was first noticed several days ago.
Recent Examples on the WebThe Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
Not all notices are audits and not all are related to your latest tax return.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
The notice, filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission on Tuesday, would go into effect on July 14 if approved, hiking the cost of mailing services product prices by nearly 8%.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2024
By filing notice with the city clerk, Urban League of Greater Kansas City President Gwendolyn Grant and four other petitioners are attempting to put Platt’s 16% pay raise and contract extension on hold until after May 7 at the earliest.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
The school only sent notices to parents hours later.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
TuneCore, his distributor, had received a notice from Spotify indicating that significant artificial streaming activity had been detected on his music.
—Ari Herstand, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
Campbell County, Kentucky The Campbell County Office of Emergency Management is posting weather notices on its X and Facebook pages.
—The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2024
Another 21,000 people who received notices to appear dated in 2024 listed their home as Palm Beach and Broward counties.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Isabel Vasquez, Rd, Ldn, Parents, 4 Apr. 2024
Discuss visible physical changes Immunotherapy and targeted drug therapy for cancer can cause side effects like joint and abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and fatigue, all of which children might notice.
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
More:Ford cuts car repair wait times with mobile service amid soaring demand for auto techs
More:Ford is getting rid of 1 vehicle feature to save $10M — but many people won’t notice
Contact Phoebe Wall Howard: 313-618-1034 or phoward@freepress.com.
—Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
But under further inspection, the researchers noticed that the critter was missing the identifiable stinger that delivers a scorpion’s venom.
—Irene Wright, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
But about two months after that announcement, Costco and Sesame noticed that about one in five customer inquiries was about weight-loss help and began working on a new program to address that interest, Sesame co-founder and president Michael Botta told CNN.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Yes, there’s a lot of different thoughts in that, and thank you so much for noticing.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
The company that owns the building noticed the money had been stolen on Monday morning.
—Alex Stone, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2024
The airline recommends being as detailed as possible in your missing items report, and filing the report within seven days of noticing the items are missing.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
Noun
In addition to the court system, the notice of claim named Building Family Bridges, the group that runs the reunification camp Segui attended, as a potential defendant.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
Not all notices are audits and not all are related to your latest tax return.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
The notice, filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission on Tuesday, would go into effect on July 14 if approved, hiking the cost of mailing services product prices by nearly 8%.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2024
By filing notice with the city clerk, Urban League of Greater Kansas City President Gwendolyn Grant and four other petitioners are attempting to put Platt’s 16% pay raise and contract extension on hold until after May 7 at the earliest.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
The school only sent notices to parents hours later.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
TuneCore, his distributor, had received a notice from Spotify indicating that significant artificial streaming activity had been detected on his music.
—Ari Herstand, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
Campbell County, Kentucky The Campbell County Office of Emergency Management is posting weather notices on its X and Facebook pages.
—The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2024
Another 21,000 people who received notices to appear dated in 2024 listed their home as Palm Beach and Broward counties.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Verb
Many fish oil supplements have a strong fishy aftertaste, but the aftertaste on these is so minimal that most kids won’t even notice.
—Isabel Vasquez, Rd, Ldn, Parents, 4 Apr. 2024
Discuss visible physical changes Immunotherapy and targeted drug therapy for cancer can cause side effects like joint and abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and fatigue, all of which children might notice.
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
More:Ford cuts car repair wait times with mobile service amid soaring demand for auto techs
More:Ford is getting rid of 1 vehicle feature to save $10M — but many people won’t notice
Contact Phoebe Wall Howard: 313-618-1034 or phoward@freepress.com.
—Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
But under further inspection, the researchers noticed that the critter was missing the identifiable stinger that delivers a scorpion’s venom.
—Irene Wright, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
But about two months after that announcement, Costco and Sesame noticed that about one in five customer inquiries was about weight-loss help and began working on a new program to address that interest, Sesame co-founder and president Michael Botta told CNN.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Yes, there’s a lot of different thoughts in that, and thank you so much for noticing.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
The company that owns the building noticed the money had been stolen on Monday morning.
—Alex Stone, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2024
The airline recommends being as detailed as possible in your missing items report, and filing the report within seven days of noticing the items are missing.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
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notice
1 of 2 noun
no·tice
ˈnōt-əs 
1
: warning or indication of something : announcement
gave us notice of the change
2
: notification of the ending of an agreement at a specified time
gave my employer notice
3
: attention sense 1, heed
take no notice of them
4
: a written or printed announcement
5
: a brief published criticism (as of a book)
Legal Definition
notice
1 of 3 noun
no·tice
1
b
: awareness of such a fact, claim, demand, or proceeding
—
actual notice
: actual awareness or direct notification of a specific fact, demand, claim, or proceeding
had actual notice of the meeting
called also express notice
: implied notice in this entry
—
constructive notice
: notice that one exercising ordinary care and diligence as a matter of duty would possess and especially that is imputed by law rather than from fact
held to have constructive notice of the prior recorded deed
compare recording act
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express notice
: actual notice in this entry
—
implied notice
: notice that is imputed to a party having knowledge of a fact or circumstance that would cause a reasonable party to inquire further or having possession of a means of knowing a particular fact and that is considered a form of actual notice
called also inquiry notice
—
notice by publication
: notice published in a public medium (as a newspaper) that is used, allowed, or required especially in matters of public concern, land, or estates or after due diligence in attempting personal service of process
2
: actual notice in this entry
3
: constructive notice in this entry
4
: something (as information) that would cause a reasonable party to inquire further see also implied notice in this entry
5
: a written document containing notice
filed a notice of appeal
6
: recognition or attention especially by a court see also judicial notice
notice
2 of 3 transitive verb
noticed; noticing
1
: to make known through notice
appeals noticed for the coming session
a noticed shareholder meeting
2
: to recognize formally
in a civil action or proceeding, the court shall instruct the jury to accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed—Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 201(g)
Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 201(g)3
: to serve a notice to
also
: to bring about by means of notice
allowed to notice a deposition from the other party
notice
3 of 3 adjective
: of, relating to, or being a recording act in which a party having an interest in property has priority over any earlier unrecorded claims of which the party had no notice compare pure race, race-notice
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