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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

notice

I.verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a redundancy notice (=a printed statement telling a worker that they are being made redundant)

▪ 1,100 of the bank's 1,260 staff in the UK were given redundancy notices.

at a moment’s notice (=very quickly)

▪ Fire fighters need to be able to get ready at a moment’s notice.

at short noticeBrE,on short notice American English

▪ The party was arranged at short notice.

didn’t take any notice (=pretended not to notice)

▪ I waved, but he didn’t take any notice.

find/spot/notice an error

▪ His accountant spotted several errors in his tax return.

give in...notice (=officially say she was going to leave her job)

▪ Rose decided to give in her notice.

It’s...short notice

▪ I can’t make it Friday. It’s very short notice.

notice a difference

▪ She has noticed a dramatic difference in her energy levels.

notice sb's presence

▪ If he had noticed her presence, he gave no sign.

notice to quit

▪ The landlord gave them notice to quit the premises within seven days.

notice/smell a smell (also detect a smellformal)

▪ He detected a faint smell of blood.

see/notice an improvement

▪ After taking the tablets, he noticed some improvement in his energy levels.

see/notice/observe a change

▪ I saw a big change in her when I met her again.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

even

▪ Blondel was looking at a small, low door, which Guy hadn't even noticed.

▪ Hours can fly by as I write a few paragraphs, and I do not even notice.

▪ He didn't even notice the tannoy, he was already as tired as I was and he could barely stand.

▪ Forget the added footage; only the fanatics will even notice.

▪ But he didn't even notice.

▪ The process was gradual enough that we barely even noticed.

▪ She did not even notice when the soldiers waved her on.

▪ At the end of the presentation they gave me a standing ovation, and I hardly even noticed it.

hardly

▪ It will then be so interested in setting up new territories that it will hardly notice the newcomer.

▪ They hardly notice when I walk up with the General who has chosen my horse already and his name is Dancing Dan.

▪ Her head throbbed in rhythm with her bruises, yet she'd hardly noticed any of it downstairs.

▪ The punditocracy in our country has been so one-sided for so long that we hardly notice the routine tilt anymore.

▪ I lay there for a long time unhappy and hardly noticing the daily noises of the block assembling round me.

▪ The sky was darkly overcast, but he hardly noticed the weather.

▪ I'd hardly noticed them really.

▪ When she came out to be interviewed earlier that spring, she hardly noticed the weather.

how

▪ With satisfaction she noticed how her dear little hands were becoming calloused.

▪ Similarly, a child with a visual-spatial difficulty may not easily notice how different building materials or action figures fit together.

▪ BSandra, the apartment manager where Tamika lives, notices how filthy and alone the girl is one day.

▪ I noticed how effective his style was, and found myself trying to copy him.

▪ She also noticed how excitable he was and how at times too much was expected of him.

▪ But has anybody noticed how many coaches these guys have lost, too?

▪ It is also important to notice how easily such a principle supports personal enterprise and property in its contemporary form, capitalism.

▪ He had reached out his hand to try to pat her on the arm and noticed how erratic his own movements were.

never

▪ But he had never noticed her eyes in a moment such as this: as grey and hard as any filing cabinet.

▪ He had never noticed that her eyes were so green or that they perfectly matched her collar.

▪ Funny how she'd never noticed it before.

▪ He had never noticed it before, or hardly.

▪ Jenna had never noticed the trait before, but she supposed he was being over-protective.

▪ I am surprised that I have never noticed them.

▪ Since so much is included, though, most people will never notice.

▪ The process is so slow that contemporaries never notice it.

■ NOUN

change

▪ Alan had noticed the change of dress and was irritated by it.

▪ One had to have come from Warsaw to notice the changes.

▪ Anxious people become acutely sensitized to their bodies, noticing minor bodily changes upon which they focus.

▪ Following these eye-opening experiences, I began to notice a disquieting change in my personality.

▪ Jessamy looked at him and found herself noticing the changes in him.

▪ But it was dubious whether the consumer will notice much change.

▪ I can't say I have noticed any change in the last few years.

▪ Visitors are noticing other changes as well.

difference

▪ Try comparing a plucked note on a violin and on a mandolin and you will certainly notice the difference.

▪ Have you noticed any difference in the service you get from Washington bureaucrats during the last two weeks of December?

▪ The deal would create Britain's largest independent broadcasting group, but both companies say the viewer shouldn't notice any difference.

▪ They are so certain of their theories and experience that they are unable to notice individual differences.

▪ Sports fans will notice a difference too.

▪ He was too drunk to notice the difference.

▪ You will soon notice the difference if you make a sudden switch between the two.

▪ You should notice a profound difference.

help

▪ Provide extrinsic feedback. 8. Help student to notice intrinsic feedback. 9.

thing

▪ The first thing she noticed was the car park.

▪ The first thing you noticed about Rex was his bushy red beard.

▪ I think the one thing I have noticed, he is a bit one-dimensional on the draw.

▪ We got in there, and the first thing we noticed were the bomb craters.

▪ The first thing he noticed was the tang of disinfectant, mingled with the familiar smells of polish and coal ash.

▪ The first thing I noticed was a small boy child, a ganymede.

▪ That is the one thing I have noticed about this job, you always have more things than you can realistically do.

things

▪ She didn't notice the things.

▪ Also, it is important all day long to notice all the good things he does.

▪ He never really had noticed things like that about horses.

▪ After that I began to notice things I had not before.

▪ I notice things which other people often miss 32.

▪ Have you ever noticed how things come up in related groups, in categories?

▪ But after the Santa fiasco, I began to notice things.

▪ We kept noticing things we found difficult or troubling, emblematic of what life might be were we to live there permanently.

■ VERB

appear

▪ At first, Jackie does not appear to notice me.

▪ I stood still and two of them came within five feet without appearing to notice me.

▪ Paul didn't appear to notice.

▪ Only I appeared to notice this, the rest thought she just looked happy.

▪ There was no point in appearing to notice.

▪ Mrs Hill appeared not to notice, and talked quietly on of Boyle's law.

▪ Kopyion, appearing not to notice him, continued collecting messages, reading through them quickly and then shredding them.

▪ Other societies again seemed remarkably latitudinarian, scarcely appearing to notice that a problem existed.

begin

▪ Carolyn began to notice the household around her.

▪ I went off so often Frank began to notice and I said the heat made me restless.

▪ But after the Santa fiasco, I began to notice things.

▪ Members of the cast had begun noticing them together recently, but no one said anything.

▪ Gradually, Garrett's home manufactured machines began to be noticed by his peer group of treasure hunters.

▪ A dangerous question, because now you begin to notice the very subtle condescension.

▪ After a while Peach began to notice strange things.

▪ Following these eye-opening experiences, I began to notice a disquieting change in my personality.

fail

▪ She seemed to be limping very slightly, something he had failed to notice when they walked to school together.

▪ If the Western media failed to notice, Arab intellectuals and artists did not.

▪ Preoccupied, they failed to notice that something had changed about Broadstairs.

▪ Very quickly, the groom will fail to notice your perfectly executed details, and your children never will.

▪ He failed to notice the flames licking around the drawers of the filing cabinet.

▪ And if you failed, no one noticed and you could easily disappear.

▪ She must have changed over nearly forty years; he'd simply failed to notice.

▪ On his way to Apple one morning, Atkinson failed to notice that the tractor-trailer ahead of him was parked.

seem

▪ Even so, Peng Yu-wei seemed not to notice.

▪ Only, no one seemed to notice this.

▪ There was one farmer, however, who did not seem to notice her, and this annoyed her a little.

▪ Both chairs were filled with cats, which he seemed to notice about the same time I did.

▪ Though she seemed not to notice them, apparently had the ability to block them out, even to forget about them.

▪ Black writes, reads, eats, takes brief strolls through the neighborhood, seems not to notice that Blue is there.

▪ Perdita had got through on that one, but Oats didn't seem to have noticed.

▪ No one else in the bar seemed to have noticed, although parcels were usually suspect.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

not take/pay a blind bit of notice

▪ For six years, the Government have not taken a blind bit of notice of the Audit Commission's report.

prior warning/notice

▪ At present the Chancellor has nine days' prior warning of the crucial retail price figures.

▪ Boudiaf had met the leaders of eight opposition parties on Feb. 9 in order to give them prior notice of the measures.

▪ However, given prior notice, they will accommodate guests' needs.

▪ However, Mrs. Buttigieg claimed that there had been no prior warnings to indicate that changes would take place over the weekend.

▪ Living with giddiness An attack may be totally sudden or there may be prior warning.

▪ Packed lunches are available but please give prior notice.

▪ This may take place during your stay and prior warning may not be given.

▪ When faced with similar situations in the future, why not give yourself prior warning by asking the following question?

rave reviews/notices/reports

▪ Already open is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which has drawn rave reviews from those who have visited it.

▪ Although the show opened on Broadway to less than rave reviews, Sandy said the new production is better.

▪ But freshman outfielder Pedro Loza has been drawing rave reviews in practice.

▪ But she proved to be a natural and her performance won rave reviews.

▪ His film My Cousin Vinny opened to rave reviews.

▪ Last year, it reopened to rave reviews.

▪ So far no rivals have matched the rave reviews E ma won for the film.

▪ The pair gained rave reviews for their Belfast concert earlier this week and are likely to be just as good tomorrow night.

short notice

▪ Frieder could have a glut of scholarships available on short notice.

▪ He was called in at short notice due to the unfortunate motor accident involving Design Director, Bill Naysmith.

▪ His armour was piled not three yards away, arrayed ready to be donned at short notice.

▪ I am very sorry to give you such short notice about this.

▪ Our entire Fleet had to prepare for sortie on such short notice.

▪ Part C. A short notice teaching session - 20 minutes.

▪ The registry office couldn't marry them at such short notice and they must wait until the following day.

▪ When a march is organised at short notice, as much notice as practicable must be given.

until further notice

▪ All three schools were closed until further notice.

▪ The museum will be closed until further notice.

▪ A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.

▪ All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.

▪ Althorp is closed to the public until further notice.

▪ An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice, but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.

▪ Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice.

▪ Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.

▪ His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.

▪ Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ "Julie's home." "Yes, I noticed her bicycle outside."

▪ As she was about to leave, she noticed that the kitchen window was open.

▪ Did you notice what he was wearing?

▪ Do you notice anything different about my hair?

▪ Dominic took a huge slice of cake, hoping no one would notice.

▪ I noticed that he was rather quiet during dinner.

▪ I said "Hello," but she didn't notice.

▪ I was about to leave when I noticed someone coming up the driveway.

▪ She was worried that her boss would notice how long she had been gone.

▪ You may notice a numb feeling in your fingers.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ David had noticed the return of worrying symptoms in the previous few days.

▪ Have you ever noticed that a lot of butterflies have the colour black on their wings?

▪ He also noticed a vacant table to their right and another to their left.

▪ He did not seem to mind, or even to notice.

▪ I noticed that some of the upstart ash trees were already bearing seeds, and some were loaded with them.

▪ It will be all right if we are very quiet, so that they do not notice us.

▪ Perhaps some one would notice how wild the pickpocket's eyes were growing; perhaps they might help him.

▪ The other child whom I noticed in that Fourth Grade room was in an obvious way less fortunate.

II.noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

advance

▪ Please contact your local Eagle Star branch giving as much advance notice as possible.

▪ Computerized detector modules translate those light shifts into stress units, providing advance notice of failure.

▪ Rosalind bakes her own bread and croissants and will prepare an evening meal with advance notice.

▪ Asked to deal with the unexpected, usually without must advance notice, people often react with apprehension or hostility.

▪ Nor does the Act impose a requirement of advance notice of meetings and assemblies.

▪ It is therefore advisable for the expatriate to give advance notice to the school of when places are required.

▪ Special diets are catered for with advance notice.

▪ On one occasion, with no advance notice, my salary was paid into my account seven days late.

further

▪ All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.

▪ His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.

▪ In those circumstances the landlord will have to serve a further notice under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s25.

little

▪ The apathy of the people towards unemployment was one of the things that caused so little notice to be taken of it.

▪ When the United States assured religious freedom around 1776, the founders paid little notice to this seeker.

▪ It may be that little notice of this was taken in Northern Ireland.

▪ His death in October at 71 received little notice.

▪ While a great deal has been written about railways in migration, little notice has been taken of the role of the railway station.

▪ Most of what happens in the state budget each year gets little notice from the public.

▪ I have found that shying is best combated by taking as little notice as possible.

▪ For some time, Langford told me, they took little notice.

prior

▪ However, given prior notice, they will accommodate guests' needs.

▪ Boudiaf had met the leaders of eight opposition parties on Feb. 9 in order to give them prior notice of the measures.

▪ Packed lunches are available but please give prior notice.

▪ I understand the Campaign for Real Ale Limited may change the amount only after giving me prior notice.

▪ That is why he gave the City prior notice of measures that will come into effect in April, 1994.

▪ That is the reason why I gave the Prime Minister prior notice of the question.

public

▪ These provide, amongst other things, for public notice in the press of the detailed contents of the Bill.

▪ The Imperial Conference received much public notice, but the other books did not.

▪ My conclusions are these: Wick Communications is going to keep the public notices contract for at least another year.

▪ He first came to public notice in 1825.

▪ Although she had enjoyed glowing public notices as the first female three-star general, Kennedy has her critics inside the Pentagon.

▪ Nevertheless, many traders will choose to avail themselves of public notice.

▪ The disease first came to international public notice in the 1860s, when leprosy was reported to be spreading in Hawaii.

reasonable

▪ He could therefore revive his right by giving reasonable notice.

▪ This allows the artist to look at the manager's books, with reasonable notice.

▪ Patrons please not that a buffet can be served after the show for up to 50 people provided reasonable advance notice is given.

▪ The test of reasonable notice is objective.

short

▪ Working conditions may not be up to much, and as a casual employee you can be fired at short notice.

▪ Alas, the time came a couple of weeks ago when I needed a hotel room in New Orleans on short notice.

▪ The landlord could also terminate the arrangements at short notice.

▪ Our entire Fleet had to prepare for sortie on such short notice.

▪ It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.

▪ Many laboratories have cooperated at short notice and are analysing large numbers of samples.

▪ Then we had very short notice of an impending visit.

▪ To ask wives as well at such short notice might not have been on.

written

▪ Resignation Any member may resign by giving written notice to the council, accompanied by his certificate of membership.

▪ A councillor may give written notice to his council that he wishes to receive a financial loss allowance instead of an attendance allowance.

▪ In any case, the Tribunal will give written notice of its decision to both parties within 28 days of the meeting.

▪ He may revert to an attendance allowance by further written notice.

▪ All classes of objectors must lodge and intimate a written notice of objection.

▪ We remind you that failure to supply a written notice immediately is an offence.

▪ Notice to quit Landlords are normally required to give twenty-eight days' written notice to quit.

▪ If renting, confirm written notice with landlord.

■ NOUN

board

▪ They are not merely abstract theory or pious statements of intent that look good posted on the staff notice board.

▪ It's amazing how many schools that front busy roads have name boards but no notice boards.

▪ A I think that the design considerations of your notice board should be given some careful thought.

▪ It was a notice board devoted exclusively to funeral announcements, and the lawyer's death was well represented.

▪ Memos of this type are often displayed on notice boards for general information.

▪ A notice board placed in a suitable part of the ward is useful for presenting learning material.

▪ Students are responsible for keeping themselves acquainted with notices posted on official notice boards. 4.

enforcement

▪ You can appeal against an enforcement notice on a number of grounds.

▪ Development undertaken without permission is not an offence in itself; but ignoring an enforcement notice is.

▪ If the appeal is lost you will have to take the steps required in the enforcement notice.

▪ Fourth, there is a right of appeal against an enforcement notice to the secretary of state and the courts.

▪ Failure to observe that enforcement notice can result in a prosecution in the local magistrates' court.

▪ The existence or otherwise of an enforcement notice will be revealed by the local search result.

▪ Once an enforcement notice has been entered against a property as a local land charge it will not be removed.

▪ If you win, it will then be for them to serve an enforcement notice or injunction as appropriate.

period

▪ Wages that you earn or could reasonably have earned during your notice period will be taken into account when assessing compensation.

▪ But Holmesdale needs a £3,000 deposit and a 60-day notice period.

▪ The National Savings cash Isa requires only a £10 deposit and has no formal notice period.

▪ The length of your notice period will also govern the worth of your fringe benefits in the event of a wrongful dismissal.

■ VERB

attract

▪ A dimension of increased decision-making concentration which has attracted particular notice concerns the effects on regional diversity and development.

▪ Martians would have attracted less notice.

▪ The book, now published, attracted favourable notices, and the Professor was pleased.

▪ On the other hand he did not want to attract even more notice by being rude.

▪ As the uniform cops thrust forwards we edged back and managed to slip away without attracting official notice.

▪ This is a dead metaphor in the standard language, and so will attract little notice.

▪ Visually, the change was too subtle to attract much notice.

▪ Interest-rate subsidies have attracted more notice, but the comparative cost of credits in different currencies has not been much explored.

bring

▪ It is up to us all to make sure that good players are brought to the notice of the selectors.

▪ His explorations brought him some academic notice.

▪ It was nothing to do with me if the porter wished to bring himself to the notice of Shaitan.

▪ The first week had brought rave notices in the local paper, which was unusual in itself.

▪ In 1905 he published Studies in Colonial Nationalism, the book which brought him into public notice.

▪ A quick reshuffle followed, and Cusick was brought in at short notice.

escape

▪ The fact that closing date for entries was 28 January seems to have escaped its notice.

▪ This discourtesy did not escape the notice of the press.

▪ If this has escaped your notice then read on!

▪ It may have escaped your notice, but the biggest of seasonal shifts happened last night.

▪ Anything positioned beneath the tilt of her chin seemed to escape her notice.

▪ The farm was so cut off from the world, even big stories like that one escaped our notice.

▪ It hasn't escaped my notice that you've gone from five-star hotels to virtual slums.

▪ Has it escaped their notice that last Thursday was the first really warm and sunny day of the year?

give

▪ The Government also gave industry notice that hydrochlorofluorocarbons, the successors to chlorofluorocarbons in refrigeration, will be phased out.

▪ It is therefore advisable for the expatriate to give advance notice to the school of when places are required.

▪ In any case, the Tribunal will give written notice of its decision to both parties within 28 days of the meeting.

▪ When viewing schools to decide which is most suitable, it is again necessary to give adequate notice.

▪ With her free hand she sought for paper and pen in order to write to the landlord giving notice.

▪ That is why he gave the City prior notice of measures that will come into effect in April, 1994.

▪ First by giving notice to the chairman of the appropriate committee.

hand

▪ On Wednesday she handed in her notice to the managing director, who was touchingly reluctant to accept it.

▪ But she has now handed in her notice and will leave the £15,000-a-year job in a fortnight.

▪ The day that! handed in my notice I went and put a deposit on a new car.

issue

▪ Late yesterday, Fimbra issued a suspension notice preventing the company from taking any investments and freezing existing client funds.

▪ The authority may issue a second reminder notice, but it is under no obligation to do so.

▪ I carefully considered the information before me before deciding to issue the notice.

▪ However, the Commission has recently issued a notice which goes some way towards defining the elements of them.

▪ You will be issued with penalty notices and the amounts due will be shown on your self-assessment statements.

▪ If within two years of that warning there is a second inaccuracy in the return, Customs will issue a penalty notice.

put

▪ He didn't know that Customs had already been put on notice to clear them through.

▪ I wish they would put an official notice on the door.

▪ If satisfied, the director should instantly contact the editor and put him on notice of a complaint.

▪ I put him on notice that we shall ask him what he has done to provide extra resources to the prison service.

▪ If there is a public inquiry the council has to put up a site notice.

▪ The ideas in child art education I am going to put to your notice may be new to some.

▪ Wilcock put a notice up in a bookshop.

quit

▪ The landlord served an invalid notice to quit which does not affect the situation.

▪ There Gandhi was served with an official notice to quit Champaran immediately.

▪ They do not give anyone a notice to quit.

▪ Tenants who refuse to accept leases are given notice to quit and find themselves on the streets after years of loyal service.

▪ The tenants have been given a year's notice to quit and they face the loss of their livelihood and homes.

▪ The plaintiff, a tenant of the defendant, was served with a notice to quit and refused to leave.

▪ The house was sold very quickly and the new owner immediately gave us all notice to quit.

▪ Notice to quit Landlords are normally required to give twenty-eight days' written notice to quit.

receive

▪ Seventy-five percent said they had received at least 3 days notice of the visit and 94% were happy with the amount of notice.

▪ We have not received any notice of the study yet.

▪ Many sensational murder trials of the twentieth century have received extensive press notice and a few have been given saturation news coverage.

▪ Students who attended schools that regularly received and posted notices of job openings earned about $ 950 more than the annual average.

▪ Then I received a final notice and now a summons.

▪ The two dances also received mixed notices at the Billy Rose.

▪ For a subscription of £3 perannum you can be included on the Mailing List and will receive advance notice of all events.

▪ His death in October at 71 received little notice.

require

▪ Remember, use of a reserve requires a new notice of the fighting order.

▪ We were relatively lucky; major plant closures require 60 days' notice, and we received severance pay.

▪ This means that they require more notice of events and happenings of interest than the daily papers.

▪ Bristol &038; West, which requires the same notice period, will pay 6.75 per cent on a £500 deposit.

▪ These deposits require notice of withdrawal.

▪ Withdrawals without penalty require 30 days' notice.

▪ However, in a number of cases the courts have required special notice to be given to individual terms.

send

▪ The procedure for sending the notice of deposit to the insurance society is exactly the same as that described above.

▪ State agencies can send notices by e-mail.

▪ Alternatively he may have sent out a notice of appointment.

▪ Various travel Web sites and even the airlines themselves are sending notices of low-priced fares and accommodations each week by e-mail.

▪ If he decides to call a meeting, then the proofs of debt must be sent with the notice convening the meeting.

serve

▪ The time for serving a hearsay notice set by Ord 38, r21 is 21 days from setting down.

▪ They served notice that conservative nominees face delay or worse.

▪ If you win, it will then be for them to serve an enforcement notice or injunction as appropriate.

▪ He also served notice he aims to cut down the authority of former general Alexander Lebed.

▪ Property Management, of Darlington, claimed it had served a notice to quit on Finnegan last September.

▪ Resident Manager Gladys Roy and her assistants began going door to door, serving 30-day eviction notices.

▪ In those circumstances the landlord will have to serve a further notice under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s25.

▪ There Gandhi was served with an official notice to quit Champaran immediately.

sit

▪ Yet when another child is attacked, they sit up and take notice.

▪ And although the bebop classics give her the most vocal trouble, she nevertheless makes you sit up and take notice.

▪ Well, he would make them all sit up and take notice. 1990 was going to be his year.

▪ As Working Ventures got rolling, the tax credits attracted enough cash that the investment industry sat up and took notice.

▪ If Maria succeeded, then everyone would sit up and take notice.

▪ Something that makes you want to sit down and take notice.

take

▪ It didn't seem to take any notice.

▪ Rimes has the kind of voice that makes people take notice.

▪ And no one is taking much notice: after all, this is a grooming session, and we are still grooming!

▪ When he slowed, he saw that people took notice of him driving in the rain with the top down.

▪ Two window-cleaners threw her a cheerful obscenity, but she took no notice.

▪ As Working Ventures got rolling, the tax credits attracted enough cash that the investment industry sat up and took notice.

▪ Yet he would not - or perhaps could not - take the slightest notice of me.

▪ Something that makes you want to sit down and take notice.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

escape sb's attention/notice