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Collocations for notice - noun

1. attention

ADJECTIVE

public
The disease came to public notice in the 80s.

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VERB + notice

take
Take no notice of what you read in the papers.
catch (AmE)
I caught notice of a small scrap of paper on my desk.
come to
Normally such matters would not come to my notice.
bring to
attract
The change was too subtle to attract much notice.
escape
It won't have escaped your notice that I'm feeling rather pleased with myself.

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2. written statement

ADJECTIVE

warning

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VERB + notice

issue, place, post, put up
The company has issued warning notices saying that all water should be boiled.
take down
read, see

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notice + VERB

appear, go up
The notice about his resignation went up this morning.
say sth, tell sb sth

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PREPOSITION

notice about
There are notices about where to park.

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3. information given in advance

ADJECTIVE

eviction
written
advance, prior
short
reasonable

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VERB + notice

file (esp. AmE), give (sb), hand in your
She's given notice that she intends to leave.
serve (sb with)
The tenants could soon be served with eviction notices.
This new law serves notice that criminals will not go unpunished. (figurative)
send
have, receive
need, require
The bank requires three days' notice.

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PREPOSITION

without notice
They cut off the electricity without notice.
notice of
A landlord must give reasonable notice of his intention to inspect the property.

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PHRASES

at a moment's notice
The team is ready to go anywhere in the world at a moment's notice.
at short notice (esp. BrE), on short notice (AmE)
It's the best we can do at/on such short notice.
notice to quit
His landlord gave him two months' notice to quit.

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Collocations for notice - verb

ADVERB

not even
My mother probably won't even notice I'm gone.
not really
Nobody really noticed the changes.
barely, hardly, scarcely (esp. BrE)
(only) just
I must go! I've only just noticed how late it is.
suddenly
at once, immediately, instantly
He noticed at once that something was wrong.
quickly, soon
eventually, finally

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VERB + notice

fail to
not appear to, not seem to
He didn't seem to notice her.
pretend not to

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PHRASES

can't help but notice sth, can't help noticing sth
You couldn't help noticing how his eyes kept following her.
the first thing I, he, etc. noticed
The first thing I noticed about him was his eyes.

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Notice is used with these nouns as the object:
absence, change, difference, disappearance, disappointment, discomfort, discrepancy, expression, flash, flicker, hesitation, hint, improvement, inconsistency, leak, lump, movement, omission, pattern, reduction, reluctance, resemblance, sadness, sarcasm, shift, sign, similarity, smell, thing, tone, trail, trend, twinkle

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