Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - notice

~1 v T not in progressive 1 to see, hear, or feel something  (He spilled the tea, but Miss Whitley did not notice. | notice sth/sb)  (You may notice a numb feeling in your fingers. | notice that)  (Catherine noticed that Isabella was restless. | notice who/what/how etc)  (He was too tired even to notice how hungry and thirsty he was. | notice sb/sth doing sth)  (Did you notice him leaving the party early?) 2 be/get noticed to get attention from someone  (a young actress trying to get herself noticed) ~2 n 1 take notice (of) to pay attention to something or someone and let them affect or influence you  (not take any notice/take no notice)  (I keep complaining but nobody takes any notice. | Take no notice of Henry - he's just being silly. | I hope you'll take notice of what I'm going to tell you.) 2 »ON PAPER« a written or printed statement that gives information or a warning to people  (That notice on the wall says `No smoking'. | I'll put up a notice about the meeting.) 3 »WARNING/TIME TO PREPARE« information or a warning about something that is going to happen  (These rules are subject to change without notice. | ten days' notice/three months' notice etc (=a warning ten days etc before))  (Either party may terminate the contract upon three month's notice. | at short notice/at a moment's notice (=allowing only a short time to prepare for something):)  (You can't expect me to produce a meal at a moment's notice. | give sb some notice)  (If they'd given me more notice, I'd have had everything ready. | serve notice formal (=officially warn someone that something is going to happen)) 4 give sb notice a) to tell someone that they must leave their job in a week, a month etc  (They closed the factory, giving the workers only a week's notice.) b) to tell someone officially that they must leave the place they are renting by a particular date  (give sb notice to quit/leave BrE)  (I've been given notice to leave my flat.) 5 hand in/give in your notice to inform your employer that you will be leaving your job soon, especially by writing a formal letter 6 come to sb's notice formal if a fact, problem etc comes to your notice, you notice it or find out about it  (It has come to my notice that your account is overdrawn by -200. | bring sth to sb's notice (=tell someone about something))  (There are several important matters I'd like to bring to your notice. | escape sb's notice (=not be noticed by someone))  (It may have escaped your notice but your father is much too ill to travel.) 7 until further notice from now until another change is announced  (The office is closed until further notice.) 8 »BOOK/PLAY ETC« C usually plural a statement of opinion, especially one written for a newspaper or magazine, about a new play, book, film etc; review1 (2)  (The new play got mixed notices (=some good, some bad) in the newspapers.)  (- see also make sb sit up and take notice sit)