notice
part of speech
verb (notice, notices, noticed, noticing); noun (a notice, notices; notice)
meaning for a pupil
1) To see, hear or become aware of something: "Did you notice the new sign?" tree →
2) As a noun, a written sign or message giving information: "a notice on the board". tree →
3) As a noun, a warning given in advance: "at short notice". tree →
4) Attention: "take no notice". tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, noticing (observing) is the first step: notice patterns and changes. In safety: notice warning signs, strange smells, and how people or animals behave; notice the "uh-oh" feeling. Phrases: take notice, take no notice of, notice board, at short notice, until further notice.
examples
- NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned at sacred-texts.com, September 2005. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- Other positive historical notices are those of Saadjah Gaon, who died a.d. 940, and Judah Halevi, a.d. 1150 ; (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; whatsoever the king did, pleased all the people. (Prophets 2SA.3.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- Did you notice the cat outside? tree →
- I noticed my pencil was missing. tree →
- Read the notice on the door. tree →
- Take no notice of mean comments. tree →
- Scientists notice patterns. tree →
- Notice the signs at the pool. tree →
- The school closed at short notice. tree →
- Nobody noticed the rain had stopped. tree →
- But St. George took no notice. tree →
note
Keep the e in "noticed" and "noticeable". "Notice" is often more than seeing: it means paying attention. "Notice board" (British) = "bulletin board" (American).
In the corpora
- And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; whatsoever the king did, pleased all the people.
- In the UK a strike is legal after a vote, and the disruption is deliberate so that people notice.
- Children can notice it kindly, laugh about it together and sometimes help everyone keep the rules.
- Bots rhyme by sound and may not notice that a rhyme sounds rude or silly.
- Chatbots have a typical style, with words like "furthermore" and "in conclusion", that teachers learn to notice.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «notice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.