Dictionary entry details
• NOTICE (noun)
Meaning:
An announcement containing information about a future event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
you didn't give me enough notice
Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):
announcement; promulgation (a public statement about something that is happening or going to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notice"):
caveat ((law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing)
Meaning:
The act of noticing or paying attention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
notice; observance; observation
Context example:
he escaped the notice of the police
Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):
attending; attention (the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notice"):
mind (attention)
remark (explicit notice)
Meaning:
A request for payment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
notice; notification
Context example:
the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting
Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):
asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)
Meaning:
Advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement or contract
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context examples:
we received a notice to vacate the premises / he gave notice two months before he moved
Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):
apprisal; notification; telling (informing by words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notice"):
dismissal; dismission; pink slip (official notice that you have been fired from your job)
Meaning:
A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
posting; poster; placard; notice; card; bill
Context example:
a poster advertised the coming attractions
Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):
sign (a public display of a (usually written) message)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notice"):
show bill; show card; theatrical poster (a poster advertising a show or play)
flash card; flashcard (a card with words or numbers of pictures that are flashed to a class by the teacher)
Meaning:
Polite or favorable attention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice
Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):
attending; attention (the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others)
Meaning:
A short critical review
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the play received good notices
Hypernyms ("notice" is a kind of...):
critical review; critique; review; review article (an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play))
• NOTICE (verb)
Meaning:
Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
detect; discover; notice; observe; find
Context examples:
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water / We found traces of lead in the paint
Hypernyms (to "notice" is one way to...):
sight (catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "notice"):
catch out; find out (trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act)
sense (detect some circumstance or entity automatically)
instantiate (find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word))
trace (discover traces of)
see (observe as if with an eye)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Notice or perceive
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
notice; note; mark
Context examples:
She noted that someone was following her / mark my words
"Notice" entails doing...:
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "notice"):
take notice (observe with special attention)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Antonym:
ignore (fail to notice)
Meaning:
Make or write a comment on
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
comment; point out; remark; notice
Context example:
he commented the paper of his colleague
Hypernyms (to "notice" is one way to...):
mention; note; observe; remark (make mention of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "notice"):
kibbitz; kibitz (make unwanted and intrusive comments)
wisecrack (make a comment, usually ironic)
criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
acknowledge; notice
Context examples:
He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway / She acknowledged his complement with a smile / it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing
Hypernyms (to "notice" is one way to...):
react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "notice"):
cite; mention (commend)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
