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surveillance
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French surveillance (“a watching over, overseeing, supervision”), from surveiller (“to watch, oversee”), from sur- (“over”) + veiller (“to watch”), from Middle French, from Old French veillier (“to stay awake”), from Latin vigil?re, present active infinitive of vigil? (“I am watchful”). More at vigilant.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /s???ve?.l?ns/
Noun
surveillance (countable and uncountable, plural surveillances)
- Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
- Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
- (military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
- (law) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
Derived terms
Related terms
- surveil
Translations
See also
- wiretapping
- shadowing
- tailing
- lookout (act)
- sousveillance
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French surveillance.
Pronunciation
Noun
surveillance f (plural surveillances)
- stakeout
French
Etymology
From surveiller +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy?.v?.j??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
surveillance f (plural surveillances)
- surveillance
- supervision
Derived terms
- Comité de surveillance des activités de renseignement de sécurité
Descendants
- ? Dutch: surveillance
- ? English: surveillance
Further reading
- “surveillance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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notice
English
Alternative forms
- not. (abbreviation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French notice, from the Latin notitia.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n??t?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?no?t?s/, [?no???s]
- Hyphenation: no?tice
Noun
notice (countable and uncountable, plural notices)
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
- How ready is envy to mingle with the notices which we take of other persons?
- (countable) A written or printed announcement.
- (countable) A formal notification or warning.
- (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
- (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
- 1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920- (volume 18, page 167)
- The first-night audience, yes. The first-night reviewers, not exactly. The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave.
- 1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920- (volume 18, page 167)
- (uncountable) Prior notification.
- (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
Synonyms
- (attention): heed, regard; see also Thesaurus:attention
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
notice (third-person singular simple present notices, present participle noticing, simple past and past participle noticed)
- (transitive, now rare) To remark upon; to mention. [from 17th c.]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 88:
- Numberless are the arguments […] that men have used morally and physically, to degrade the sex. I must notice a few.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 88:
- (transitive) To become aware of; to observe. [from 17th c.]
- 1991, Gregory Widen, Backdraft
- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
- 1991, Gregory Widen, Backdraft
- (obsolete, transitive) To lavish attention upon; to treat (someone) favourably. [17th–19th c.]
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, vol. I, ch. 3
- She would notice her; she would improve her; she would detach her from her bad acquaintance, and introduce her into good society; she would form her opinions and her manners.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, vol. I, ch. 3
- (intransitive) To be noticeable; to show. [from 20th c.]
- 1954, Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, Dorothy 2010, p. 9:
- The blackness didn't notice so much when she was born; but it's unmistakeable now.
- 1954, Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, Dorothy 2010, p. 9:
Synonyms
- recognize
Antonyms
- ignore
- neglect
Translations
Anagrams
- conite, ecotin, neotic, noetic
French
Etymology
From Latin notitia
Noun
notice f (plural notices)
- instruction
- Avez-vous lu la notice avant de monter le meuble?
Further reading
- “notice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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