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notice noun ( ATTENTION )

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Definition

[U] attention
It has come to/been brought to my notice (= I have been told) that you have been late for work every day this week.
take notice
to give attention to something
I asked him to drive more slowly, but he didn't take any notice.
Don't take any notice of/Take no notice of what your mother says - she's just in a bad mood.

(Definition of notice noun (ATTENTION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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