- notice
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 attentionADJECTIVE▪ public▪
The disease came to public notice in the 80s.
VERB + NOTICE▪ take▪Take no notice of what you read in the papers.
▪ catch (AmE)▪I caught notice of a small scrap of paper on my desk.
▪ come to▪Normally such matters would not come to my notice.
▪ bring to▪ attract▪The change was too subtle to attract much notice.
▪ escape▪It won't have escaped your notice that I'm feeling rather pleased with myself.
2 written statementADJECTIVE▪ warningVERB + NOTICE▪ issue, place, post, put up▪The company has issued warning notices saying that all water should be boiled.
▪ take down▪ read, seeNOTICE + VERB▪ appear, go up▪The notice about his resignation went up this morning.
▪ say sth, tell sb sthPREPOSITION▪ notice about▪There are notices about where to park.
3 information given in advanceADJECTIVE▪ eviction▪ written▪ advance, prior▪ short▪ reasonableVERB + NOTICE▪ file (esp. AmE), give (sb), hand in your▪She's given notice that she intends to leave.
▪ serve (sb with)▪The tenants could soon be served with eviction notices.
▪This new law serves notice that criminals will not go unpunished. (figurative)
▪ send▪ have, receive▪ need, require▪The bank requires three days' notice.
PREPOSITION▪ without notice▪They cut off the electricity without notice.
▪ notice of▪A landlord must give reasonable notice of his intention to inspect the property.
PHRASES▪ at a moment's notice▪The team is ready to go anywhere in the world at a moment's notice.
▪ at short notice (esp. BrE), on short notice (AmE)▪It's the best we can do at/on such short notice.
▪ notice to quit▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}His landlord gave him two months' notice to quit.
verbADVERB▪ not even▪My mother probably won't even notice I'm gone.
▪ not really▪Nobody really noticed the changes.
▪ barely, hardly, scarcely (esp. BrE)▪ (only) just▪I must go! I've only just noticed how late it is.
▪ suddenly▪ at once, immediately, instantly▪He noticed at once that something was wrong.
▪ quickly, soon▪ eventually, finallyVERB + NOTICE▪ fail to▪ not appear to, not seem to▪He didn't seem to notice her.
▪ pretend not toPHRASES▪ can't help but notice sth, can't help noticing sth▪You couldn't help noticing how his eyes kept following her.
▪ the first thing I, he, etc. noticed▪The first thing I noticed about him was his eyes.
Notice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑absence, ↑change, ↑difference, ↑disappearance, ↑disappointment, ↑discomfort, ↑discrepancy, ↑expression, ↑flash, ↑flicker, ↑hesitation, ↑hint, ↑improvement, ↑inconsistency, ↑leak, ↑lump, ↑movement, ↑omission, ↑pattern, ↑reduction, ↑reluctance, ↑resemblance, ↑sadness, ↑sarcasm, ↑shift, ↑sign, ↑similarity, ↑smell, ↑thing, ↑tone, ↑trail, ↑trend, ↑twinkle
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
