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Definition of notice_1 verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofnoticeverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary noticeverb  /ˈnəʊtɪs/ /ˈnəʊtɪs/notusuallyusedintheprogressivetensesVerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theynotice /ˈnəʊtɪs/ /ˈnəʊtɪs/he/she/itnotices /ˈnəʊtɪsɪz/ /ˈnəʊtɪsɪz/pastsimplenoticed /ˈnəʊtɪst/ /ˈnəʊtɪst/pastparticiplenoticed /ˈnəʊtɪst/ /ˈnəʊtɪst/-ingformnoticing /ˈnəʊtɪsɪŋ/ /ˈnəʊtɪsɪŋ/ jumptootherresults see/hear [intransitive,transitive]toseeorhearsomebody/something;tobecomeawareofsomebody/somethingPeopleweremakingfunofhimbuthedidn'tseemtonotice.noticesomebody/somethingThefirstthingInoticedabouttheroomwasthesmell.Ibegantonoticesomethingstrange.Youcan'tfailtonoticethepovertyoftheregion.tobarely/hardly/scarcelynoticesomethingMostpeoplenevernoticethesedetails.notice(that)…Icouldn’thelpnoticing(that)shewaswearingawig.Hewon'tevennoticeI'mgone.noticehow,what,etc…DidyounoticehowRachelkeptlookingatherwatch?noticesomebody/somethingdosomethingInoticedthemcomein.noticesomebody/somethingdoingsomethingIdidn'tnoticehimleaving.SynonymsnoticenoticenotedetectobservewitnessThesewordsallmeantoseesomething,especiallywhenyoupaycarefulattentiontoit.noticetosee,hearorbecomeawareofsomebody/​something;topayattentiontosomebody/​something:ThefirstthingInoticedabouttheroomwasthesmell.note(ratherformal)tonoticeorpaycarefulattentiontosomething:Pleasenote(that)theofficewillbeclosedonMonday.ThiswordisverycommoninbusinessEnglish:NotethatthepricesareinclusiveofVAT.detecttodiscoverornoticesomething,especiallysomethingthatisnoteasytosee,hear,etc:Thetestsaredesignedtodetectthediseaseearly.observe(formal)toseeornoticesomebody/​something:Haveyouobservedanychangeslately?Thepoliceobservedamanenterthebank.witness(ratherformal)toseesomethinghappen:Policehaveappealedforanyonewhowitnessedtheincidenttocontactthem.Patternstonotice/​note/​detect/​observethat/​how/​what/​where/​who…tonotice/​observe/​witnesssomethinghappen/​somebodydosomethingExtraExamplesHedidn'tseemtonoticeher.Henoticedatoncethatsomethingwaswrong.Imustgo!I'veonlyjustnoticedhowlateitis.Nobodyreallynoticedthechanges.ThefirstthingInoticedabouthimwashiseyes.Youcouldn'thelpnoticinghowhiseyeskeptfollowingher.Hisparentshardlyseemedtonoticehimmostofthetime.OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadverbnotevennotreallybarely…verb+noticefailtonotappeartonotseemto…phrasescan’thelpbutnoticesomethingcan’thelpnoticingsomethingthefirstthingI,he,etc.noticed…Seefullentry Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. pay/getattention [transitive]noticesomebody/somethingtopayattentiontosomebody/somethingNoticethewaythebridgeissupportedbyitssuspensioncables.OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadverbnotevennotreallybarely…verb+noticefailtonotappeartonotseemto…phrasescan’thelpbutnoticesomethingcan’thelpnoticingsomethingthefirstthingI,he,etc.noticed…Seefullentry [transitive]get(yourself)noticedtogetattentionfromotherpeopleShewearsthosestrangeclothesjusttogetherselfnoticed.SeenoticeintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeenoticeintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: notice Otherresults Allmatches noticenoun D-noticenoun DA-noticenoun DSMA-noticenoun onshortnotice atshortnotice atamoment’snotice Idioms atshortnotice atamoment’snotice Nearbywords nothingpronoun nothingnessnoun noticeverb noticenoun noticeableadjective recently adverb     FromtheWordlist OPALwrittenwords OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay