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Take Notice

Definition: Take Notice

Take Notice

Verb

1. Observe with special attention; "Take notice of the great architecture".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: Take Notice

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Attention

Verb: be attentive; Adjective: attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view, remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with; contemplate; (think of); look at, look to, look after, look into, look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to, direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to, apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to, give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind; take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view; have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make note of, take note of; note.

Intellect

Verb: note, notice, mark; take notice of, take cognizance of be aware of, be conscious of; realize; appreciate; ruminate; (think); fancy; (imagine).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: Take Notice

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Even the police began to sit up and take notice. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

They've got to take notice of that. (UFO; writing credit: Gérard Sire)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Take Notice

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

It doesn't do any good to sit up and take notice if you just keep sitting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Take Notice

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Common-wealths themselves take notice of, and allow, that there is a time when men are to begin to act like free men, and therefore till that time require not oaths of fealty, or allegiance, or other public owning of, or submission to the government of their countries. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Take Notice

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Russia

Foreign investors have only started to take notice of Ryazan. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Take Notice

Expressions using "take notice": take notice of To take notice To take notice of. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Take Notice

Language Translations for "take notice"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

drejtoj vëmendjen tek. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏لاحظ (catch sight of, eye, keep an eye on, look at, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, realize, recognize, regard, remark, see, spy, twig, view), ‏حرص (assiduity, attention, care, jealousy), ‏إنتبه (be careful, look out, note, notice, observe, pay attention), ‏رأى (catch sight of, conceive, consider, discern, estimation, pronouncement, see, set eyes on, sight, spy, suppose). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

забелязвам (cognize, discern, espy, identify, note, notice, observe, perceive, pipe, remark, sight, spot, take in). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

理會 (pay attention to, take notice of), (pay attention, take notice of, to care for). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vnímat (apprehend, perceive, take in, taste), všimnout si (note, remark). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kiinnittää huomiota johonkin (call attention to, give attention to, pay attention to, take notice of). (various references)

   

French

  

tenir compte de qch, voir, remarquer, prêter attention, faire attention (take care, take up quarters). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σημειώνω (blaze, chalk, check, indicate, jot, jot down, label, make a note, mark, notch up, note, spot). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשים לב (attend, heed, mind, pay attention, reck, remark, take care). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tudomást vesz valakirõl, észrevesz (behold, descry, espy, notice, perceive, remark, take a notion, to descry, to discern, to espy, to notice, to perceive, to realise, to remark, to spot, to spy). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

目'止める (to pay attention, to take notice). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

め'とめる (to pay attention, to take notice). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aketay oticenay

   

Portuguese

  

tomar conhecimento (to record formally, to take legal cognizance), observar (attend, behold, consider, deem, keep, look, look at, mind, note, notice, obey, observe, perceive, premise, regard, remark, represent, scout, see, sight, spy, twig, view, watch). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

обращать внимание (heed, mind, notice, pay attention, point out, regard, take note, take note of). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

mothaich (feel, know, notice, observe, perceive). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

primetiti (discern, note, notice, remark). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tomar una noticia, prestar atención (draw the attention, listen, Mark, pay attention, watch), fijarse (become fixed, become steady, latch on to, Lodge, set, sink in, sink into). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ta befattning med (take notice of), akta (be careful of, esteem, guard, look out, respect, take care of, take notice of). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

farketmek (become aware of, catch sight, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, know, make a difference, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, realize, recognize, remark, see), farkına varmak (awake, awake to, awaken, be sensible of, become aware of, discern, get wise to, notice, realize, recognize, take stock of, wake to, waken), dikkate almak (consider, consult, debate, deem, Mark, pay attention to, reckon among, reckon with, regard, take account of, take cognizance of, take into account). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

звертати увагу (harken, hearken, mind, notice, pay attention), помічати (behold, detect, heed, note, notice, observe, remark). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Take Notice

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-k-n-o-t-t"

-2 letters: taconite.

-3 letters: acetone, aconite, kenotic, ketonic, ketotic, necktie, nictate, taction, tetanic, tonetic.

-4 letters: acetin, action, aeonic, antick, atonic, cation, catkin, cattie, cenote, centai, cetane, coatee, cottae, enatic, entice, intact, intake, kation, ketone, kitten, noetic, notate, notice, octane, octant, tacket, tenace, teniae, tentie, ticket.

-5 letters: ackee, actin, akene, antic, atone, attic, canoe, canto, cento, coati.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Quotations: Familiar
4. Quotations: Historic
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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