phrasal verb · neutral
take notice of
UK/teɪk ˈnəʊtɪs ɒv/US/teɪk ˈnoʊtɪs əv/take·NO·tice
speakingtask2
to pay attention to something or someone
Examples
“The company finally took notice of customer complaints and improved the service.”
“I wish my teacher would take notice of my efforts.”
“You should take notice of the warning signs on that road.”
Band 8 sentence
“Policymakers must take notice of longitudinal research before proposing sweeping reforms.”
Collocations
- take notice of criticism
- take no notice of
Word family
notice (n) nounnotice (v) verb
Common mistakes
take notice→take notice of
notice about→take notice of
Say it for a higher band
5notice→6pay attention to→7+take notice of
Synonyms
pay attention to
notice
Easily confused
notice
“Despite the lecture, few students took notice of his advice.”
Related words
Learn this word with the rest of its set, and get reminded at the right time.
In take …
Learn it with its set