Noticing

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊtɪsɪŋ/

Definitions

1. The process of actively observing and acknowledging an event or detail, resulting in a newfound understanding of the environment
2. The engagement in observing or recognizing details, often leading to a deeper comprehension of surrounding circumstances
3. The act of becoming aware of an object, event, or detail through observation or perception ; the action of bringing something to another person's attention

Etymology: "Noticing" is simply the present participle and gerund of "notice", so its story is really the story of the verb it comes from. That verb was borrowed from Middle French "notice", which in turn came from Latin "nōtitia", meaning knowledge or acquaintance, a word built from "nōtus", known. The Latin noun was less about paying attention than about being familiar with something. The English word and the Latin "nōtitia" are doublets, two forms of one source that entered the language by different routes. The Latin form survives in English as "notitia", a more learned word that stayed close to its original sense of knowledge or information. "Notice" took the path through French and drifted toward the act of perceiving and remarking on something, which is the sense "noticing" carries today.

Synonyms: observing, perceiving, detecting, recognizing, discern

Antonyms: ignoring, overlooking, disregarding, neglecting, miss