advance notice
Heads-up before something
Advance notice is warning or information given before something happens, allowing time to prepare.
Landlords typically must give advance notice before entering a tenant's apartment.
We received no advance notice of the layoffs.
The phrase often appears with time periods: two weeks' advance notice, thirty days' advance notice.
- warningAlert about danger
- fair warningReasonable advance notice
- heads-upInformal advance warning
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- early warningAlert before event occurs
forewarning · tip-off · preview · sneak peek · lead time · preparation · courtesy · memo · announcement · signal · foreshadowing · save the date · deadline · reminder · briefing · early · planning · readiness
- time offvacation, holiday, weekend, break, rest
- beforehandbeforehand, before, ahead, early, prior
- noticeswritten warning, jury duty, termination letter, rent increase, road closure
- schedule changescancellation, postponement, delay, reschedule, date change
- insider infointel, insider tip, inside track, scoop, leak
- planning termsbooking, reservation, appointment, schedule, itinerary
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