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Verb: notice  nowtis
  1. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
    - detect, observe, find, discover
     
  2. Notice or perceive
    - mark, note
     
  3. Make or write a comment on
    - comment, remark, point out
     
  4. Express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with
    - acknowledge
Noun: notice  nowtis
  1. An announcement containing information about an event
    "you didn't give me enough notice"; "an obituary notice"; "a notice of sale"
     
  2. The act of noticing or paying attention
    "he escaped the notice of the police"
    - observation, observance
     
  3. A request for payment
    - notification
     
  4. Advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract
    "we received a notice to vacate the premises"; "he gave notice two months before he moved"
     
  5. A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
    - poster, posting, placard, bill, card
     
  6. Polite or favourable attention
    "his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice"
     
  7. A short critical review
    "the play received good notices"

Derived forms: noticed, noticing, notices

See also: noticeable, noticer, notify

Type of: announcement, apprisal, asking, attending, attention, critical review, critique, mention, note, notification, observe, promulgation, react, remark, request, respond, review, review article, sight, sign, spy, telling

Antonym: ignore

Encyclopedia: Notice