Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

d-notice

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: d-no-tice
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A defence notice; an official request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for reasons of national security (replaced in 1993 with the DA-notice).

British usage

Example Sentences

"Newspapers are afraid upon all sorts of minor counts, publishers, with such valiant exceptions as the publishers of this matter, are morbidly discreet; they get Notice D to avoid this or that particular topic; there are obscure boycotts and trade difficulties hindering the wide diffusion of general ideas in countless ways."
"His mistake was to select a heavy English Sunday paper which occasionally ran his pieces. The D-Notice forbidding all reference to these events was there ahead of him."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

also Notice D (canonical) D-notices (plural)

Questions

What does d-notice mean?: A defence notice; an official request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for reasons of national security (replaced in 1993 with the DA-notice).

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