noticeable English · revision 39858

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * UK: /ˈnəʊtɪsəbl̩/^(Wiktionary)

+ * US: /ˈnoʊtɪsəbl̩/, /ˈnoʊtəsəbl̩/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|notice|-able]].^(OED 2026)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(Dictionary.com 2016) The OED and the Shorter Oxford derive it from the verb ''notice'',^(OED 2026)^(SOED 2002) Etymonline from the noun.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Able to be noticed, perceptible: the OED's first quotation is from Samuel Richardson's ''Sir Charles Grandison'' of 1753,^(OED 2026) the date Merriam-Webster gives too.^(MWU 2024) Etymonline dates the word to 1796 and this sense to 1809,^(Etymonline) and Dictionary.com to 1790–1800.^(Dictionary.com 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The second sense, worthy of notice or likely to attract attention, is recorded from 1793 in the OED^(OED 2026)^(SOED 2002) but only from 1796 in Etymonline, which takes it as the first.^(Etymonline) The adverb ''noticeably'' and the noun ''noticeability'' (late 19th century) followed.^(SOED 2002)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1753 – able to be noticed, perceptible.^(OED 2026)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1793 – worthy of notice, conspicuous.^(OED 2026)

+ * late 19th century – ''noticeability''.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Easily seen or [[detect]]ed; [[perceptible]]: ''There was a noticeable chill in the air after sunset.''^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)^(OED 2026)

+ # Worthy of notice; likely to attract attention; [[conspicuous]].^(MWU 2024)^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[noticeability]]

+ * [[noticeably]]

+ * [[unnoticeable]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[notice]]

+ * [[notable]]

+ * [[notion]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Merriam-Webster contrasts ''noticeable'', which applies to anything that is worth noticing or can hardly escape notice, with stronger near-synonyms such as ''remarkable'', ''prominent'', ''conspicuous'' and ''striking''.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}