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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1412, Hoccleve|origins=ine-pro *gno-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈnəʊ.tɪs/, US /ˈnoʊ.t̬ɪs/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|notyce]],^(MWU 2024) [[bor|frm|notice|t=acquaintance, knowledge]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|nōtitia|t=a being known, fame, knowledge]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|la|nōtus|t=known]], past participle of [[m|la|nōscere|t=to come to know]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*gno-|t=to know]],^(Etymonline) the root of [[know]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) The verb is from the noun.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Information, knowledge, intelligence: the early 15th century.^(Etymonline) Barnhart finds notise, “acquaintance”, about 1412, and notice, “knowledge”, in 1415, both in Hoccleve.^(Barnhart 1988) The OED's first example is from 1483.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A formal statement of information or warning is from the 1590s,^(Etymonline) and the phrase ''take notice'', “give attention”, is first found in Shakespeare's ''Venus and Adonis'' (1592).^(Barnhart 1988) The notice given to end an agreement is from 1765,^(OED 1989) and ''at short notice'' from 1784.^(OED 1989) A sign or placard giving information is from 1805,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and written remarks, especially a review of a book or play, by 1835.^(Etymonline) The verb first meant “to notify” (early 15th century), a sense obsolete since the 17th century,^(Etymonline) then “to mention, remark on” (1611).^(OED 1989) The sense “to observe, perceive” is from 1757,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) and was long condemned by purists in England as an Americanism;^(Etymonline) Benjamin Franklin listed it among words that had become popular in America while he was in France.^(Etymonline) ''Noticeable'' is from 1796.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1412 – acquaintance; knowledge.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1450 – verb, to notify.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1592 – ''take notice''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1594 – a formal warning.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1611 – verb, to mention, remark on.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1757 – verb, to observe, perceive.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1765 – notice to end an agreement.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1796 – ''noticeable''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1805 – a sign or placard.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1835 – a review.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Attention or observation: ''it escaped my notice''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A written or printed [[announcement]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A formal [[warning]], especially of the intention to end an agreement or leave a job: ''two weeks' notice''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A short critical [[review]] of a book, play or performance.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To become aware of; to [[observe]] or [[perceive]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To comment on; to mention.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # To treat with courteous attention.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[noticer]]

+ * [[D-notice]]

+ * [[unnoticed]]

+ * [[unnoticing]]

+ * [[notice board]]

+ * [[reading notice]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[know]]

+ * [[notion]]

+ * [[notify]]

+ * [[notorious]]

+ * [[note]]

+ * [[cognition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}