notice

Noun

• a short critical review
  • the play received good notices
    

• polite or favorable attention
  • his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice
    

• a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
  • a poster advertised the coming attractions
    

• 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
    

• a request for payment
  • the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting
    

• the act of noticing or paying attention
  • he escaped the notice of the police
    

• an announcement containing information about an event
  • you didn't give me enough notice
    
  • an obituary notice
    
  • a notice of sale
    

Verb

• 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
    

• make or write a comment on
  • he commented the paper of his colleague
    

• notice or perceive
  • She noted that someone was following her
    
  • mark my words
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  poster , posting , placard , bill , card , notification , observation , observance , acknowledge , comment , remark , point out , mark , note , detect , observe , find , discover