notification
Americannoun
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an act or instance of notifying or informing someone of something; notice.
Lawyers have a duty of notification in cases where a document is accidentally sent to them.
Authors submitting work must expect to wait up to three months before notification of acceptance.
The policy requires prompt notification of the insurer in case of an accident.
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a written or printed notice, announcement, or warning.
Notifications were mailed to the winners.
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Digital Technology. a programmed message or alert sent on an electronic device to inform the user of something.
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the act of notifying
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a formal announcement
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something that notifies; a notice
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Etymology
Origin of notification
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English notificacioun, from Medieval Latin nōtificātiōn-, stem of nōtificātiō, from nōtificāt(us) “made known” (past participle of nōtificāre “to make known”; see notify) + -iō -ion
Explanation
A notification is a formal notice, request, or warning. You might get a notification from your landlord that you need to shovel the snow on your sidewalk, or a notification from your school that you've won an award. Some notifications arrive in the form of a letter in your mailbox, while others are verbal (you might get a phone call that's a notification that your cat is due for a shot at the vet), and many more are sent as emails or other electronic messages. The Latin source is notificare , "to make known," which comes from the roots notus, "known," and facere, "make."
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He filed it just shy of two years after receiving a formal IRS notification about the leak but more than two years after Littlejohn’s guilty plea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The victims’ identities are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
That text or push notification from an airline saying something along the lines of, “Your flight has been canceled. Here’s your new itinerary,” can upend your entire trip.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
"You get an email notification saying you've got relatives, essentially. It's literally like Tinder, it says you've matched - here are your half sisters."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
I was checking out the Volta-Shock site to see if I could order the exact same bottle online when my email popped a notification that I had a new message.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
It was a rare, unexplained, glitch in a system that blares out warnings of incoming attacks multiple times a day through loudspeaker announcements on the street and metro, and the collective ping of phone notifications.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Some borrowers won’t get the notifications until mid-July, August, sometime like that,” said Scott Buchanan, the executive director of the Student Loan Servicing Alliance, a trade group.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
There are no notifications, no feeds, no comments and no distractions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
“Appropriate state and local notifications were made, and a quantity of the spill was collected during the cleanup effort.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
I’ve got tons of notifications from Dat Cloud, too.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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