to take notice
42
3.5
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk ˈnoʊtɪs/
:
fijarse (en)
- The teacher must take notice if pupil achievement is increasing in listening skills.
- people take notice
- begin to take notice
- sit up and take notice
Because of that, they simply do not take notice of the kind things that people do.
- Because of that, they simply do not take notice of the kind things that people do.
- Not a day goes by when they do not compel you to take notice and smile.
- Stifling laughter as he said, You'll take notice of the next one.
- So please, we do need the government to take notice as well.
- Then I grew and became a bit stronger and a lot more people started taking notice of my cricket.
- But when it comes from someone like Isaac Newton, we take notice.
- And this happened so unconsciously with us that we don't often take notice of it.
- It's the law, so when something comes along that appears to violate it, we take notice.
- He was, but you know, his move to Palo Alto really made everyone sit up and take notice.
- It took the palpitations to occur every single night for two weeks before I sat up and took notice.
- And when I walked into the restaurant I took notice that there was some men who were sitting at a table enjoying their steak dinner.
- They may be surrounded by narcissistic people or people who are just unseeing and invalidating and just don't take notice of them.
- But I think as the world needs to sit up and take notice that.
Examples
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A group of brokers at a nearby table takes notice of the guys and starts pointing and laughing.
Fiction book (2000) -
Well, luck or not, management took notice.
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Because of that, they simply do not take notice of the kind things that people do.
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No, I never took notice of that kind of thing.
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You just have to take notice.
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People are gonna take notice.
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The 1970s generation certainly took notice of the fact that both were leading figures from the older generation.
Academic text (2007) -
Okay, let's stop for a moment and take notice of the dynamic.
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When the Home Secretary receives these petitions he'll have to take notice of what the public thinks.
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Management finally decided to take notice of the employees' concerns about safety.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To notice something with your eyes
∞
1.0
Study something carefully to understand it or decide
∞
1.0
To look at something carefully for some time
∞
1.0
To see or become aware of something
∞
1.3
To look at something to check it or find information
∞
1.6
To focus on someone or something and notice carefully
763
3.2
Find something that is hard to notice
619
2.4
To watch something carefully to learn about it
474
2.1
To notice something quickly with the senses or mind
412
1.3
To check something carefully, for example an essay or a machine
357
1.0
To look at something carefully
318
1.8
To notice something carefully
241
3.2
To look at someone or something carefully
142
3.9
To notice something that is not obvious
134
3.2
Watch carefully for someone or something
91
3.3
Notice something and pay attention to it
83
3.7
To notice something with your senses, especially sight or hearing
69
3.4
Pay attention to something to remember or think about it
16
3.0
To see something for a short time, usually by chance
16
4.6
Watch carefully for something important or dangerous
15
2.4
To see someone or something suddenly and for a short time
11
6.2
Pay careful attention to advice or warnings
1
6.0
Watch carefully for something you expect to see
1
6.4
To pay careful attention to what someone says or does
Antonyms
How Attentive
∞
1.0
∞
1.6
619
2.4
42
3.5
∞
1.0
299
1.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to observe or become aware with attention' is directly derivable from 'notice' (to become aware) with 'take' signaling purposeful attention or adoption of that awareness; this mirrors transparent patterns like 'take a look' or 'take care'. Although the collocation often appears as 'take notice of', the semantic composition is clear and a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Take notice may come from the simple image of someone physically picking up a written notice or message to read. If you take the notice, you look at it and become aware, so the phrase means 'pay attention' or 'become aware'.