5 N‑COUNT A notice 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 notices were issued each year from head office to local agents.
6 N‑COUNT A notice 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 notices, even if you don't read them.
7 PHRASE Notice is used in expressions such as ' at short notice ', ' at a moment's notice ', or ' at twenty-four hours' notice ', to indicate that something can or must be done within a short period of time. □ There's no one available at such short notice to take her class. □ All our things stayed in our suitcase, as if we had to leave at a moment's notice.
8 PHRASE If you bring something to someone's notice , you make them aware of it. □ I am so glad that you have brought this to my notice.
9 PHRASE If something comes to your notice , you become aware of it. □ Her work also came to the notice of the King.
10 PHRASE If something escapes your notice , you fail to recognize it or realize it. □ [PHR that] Besides, it hadn't escaped my notice that he was very good-looking.
11 PHRASE If a situation is said to exist until further notice , it will continue for an uncertain length of time until someone changes it. □ All flights to Lanchow had been cancelled until further notice.
12 PHRASE If an employer gives an employee notice , 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 phoned him and gave him his notice.
13 PHRASE If you hand in your notice or give in your notice , you tell your employer that you intend to leave your job soon within a set period of time. [BUSINESS ] □ He handed in his notice at the bank and ruined his promising career.
14 PHRASE If you take notice of a particular fact or situation, you behave in a way that shows that you are aware of it. □ [+ of ] We want the government to take notice of what we think they should do for single parents. □ This should make people sit up and take notice.
15 PHRASE If you take no notice 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 notice of him, he did not stand out, he was in no way remarkable. □ I tried not to take any notice at first but then I was offended by it. COLLOCATIONS notice NOUN
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adjective + notice : advance, prior; adequate, reasonable
verb + notice : give, serve
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noun + notice : enforcement, eviction, infringement, redundancy
verb + notice : circulate, issue; receive VERB 1
notice + noun : change, difference, increase
no|tice|able /noʊ t I səb ə l/ ADJ Something that is noticeable is very obvious, so that it is easy to see, hear, or recognize. □ It is noticeable that women do not have the rivalry that men have. □ The most noticeable effect of these changes is in the way people are now working together. ● no|tice|ably ADV [ADV with v] □ Standards of living were deteriorating rather noticeably. □ There are also many physical signs, most noticeably a change in facial features.
no|tice|board /noʊ t I sbɔː r d/ (noticeboards ) N‑COUNT A noticeboard is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something. [BRIT ] □ She added her name to the list on the noticeboard. in AM, use bulletin board
no|ti|fi|able /noʊ t I fa I əb ə l/ ADJ A notifiable disease or crime is one that must be reported to the authorities whenever it occurs, because it is considered to be dangerous to the community. □ Many doctors fail to report cases, even though food poisoning is a notifiable disease.
no|ti|fi|ca|tion /noʊ t I f I ke I ʃ ə n/ (notifications )
1 N‑VAR If you are given notification of something, you are officially informed of it. □ [+ of ] Names of the dead and injured are being withheld pending notification of relatives. □ Payments should be sent with the written notification.
2 N‑COUNT A notification is a message, sound, or symbol on your phone or computer telling you that someone has sent you a message or put something new for you to look at on a website. □ The thought of logging back on and sifting through a huge number of notifications was tiring.
no|ti|fy /noʊ t I fa I / (notifies , notifying , notified ) VERB If you notify someone of something, you officially inform them about it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n + of/about ] The skipper notified the coastguard of the tragedy. □ [be V -ed that] Earlier this year they were notified that their homes were to be cleared away. □ [V n] She confirmed that she would notify the police and the hospital. [Also V n that]
no|tion ◆◇◇ /noʊ ʃ ə n/ (notions ) N‑COUNT [N that] A notion is an idea or belief about something. □ [+ of ] We each have a notion of just what kind of person we'd like to be. □ [+ that ] I reject absolutely the notion that privatisation of our industry is now inevitable. SYNONYMS notion NOUN
idea: Some of his ideas about democracy are entirely his own.