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n. (communication) | 1. notice | an announcement containing information about an event.; "you didn't give me enough notice"; "an obituary notice"; "a notice of sale" |
| ~ promulgation, announcement | a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen.; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English" |
| ~ caveat | (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing.; "a caveat filed against the probate of a will" |
| ~ necrology, obit, obituary | a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography. |
n. (cognition) | 2. notice, observance, observation | the act of noticing or paying attention.; "he escaped the notice of the police" |
| ~ attending, attention | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others. |
| ~ mind | attention.; "don't pay him any mind" |
| ~ remark | explicit notice.; "it passed without remark" |
n. (communication) | 3. notice, notification | a request for payment.; "the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting" |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
n. (communication) | 4. notice | 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" |
| ~ apprisal, notification, telling | informing by words. |
| ~ dismission, pink slip, dismissal | official notice that you have been fired from your job. |
n. (communication) | 5. bill, card, notice, placard, poster, posting | a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement.; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" |
| ~ sign | a public display of a message.; "he posted signs in all the shop windows" |
| ~ show bill, show card, theatrical poster | a poster advertising a show or play. |
| ~ flash card, flashcard | a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher. |
n. (cognition) | 6. notice | polite or favorable attention.; "his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice" |
| ~ attending, attention | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others. |
n. (communication) | 7. notice | a short critical review.; "the play received good notices" |
| ~ critical review, critique, review article, review | an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play). |
v. (perception) | 8. detect, discover, find, notice, observe | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" |
| ~ catch out, find out | trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act.; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks" |
| ~ discover, find | make a discovery, make a new finding.; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" |
| ~ sense | detect some circumstance or entity automatically.; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization" |
| ~ instantiate | find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word).; "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect" |
| ~ trace | discover traces of.; "She traced the circumstances of her birth" |
| ~ see | observe as if with an eye.; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it" |
| ~ sight, spy | catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes.; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge" |
v. (perception) | 9. mark, note, notice | notice or perceive.; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ take notice | observe with special attention.; "Take notice of the great architecture" |
v. (communication) | 10. comment, notice, point out, remark | make or write a comment on.; "he commented the paper of his colleague" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
| ~ note, remark, mention, observe | make mention of.; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" |
| ~ wisecrack | make a comment, usually ironic. |
| ~ kibbitz, kibitz | make unwanted and intrusive comments. |
v. (communication) | 11. acknowledge, notice | express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with.; "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" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| ~ cite, mention | commend.; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements" |
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