notification

[noh-tuh-fi-key-shuh n]

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noun

a formal notifying or informing.
an act or instance of notifying, making known, or giving notice; notice.
a written or printed notice, announcement, or warning: Notifications were mailed to the winners.

Origin of notification

1325–75; Middle English notificacioun < Medieval Latin nōtificātiōn- (stem of nōtificātiō). See notify, -ation

Related formsnon·no·ti·fi·ca·tion, nounre·no·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for notification

Contemporary Examples

On March 23, the World Health Organization published a notification of an Ebola outbreak in Guinea on its websites.
Why Isn't Silicon Valley Doing More to Fight Ebola?
Abby Haglage
October 8, 2014
By June, the school finally responded, though only with notification of fees for staff to locate and photocopy the documents.
Is UMass-Amherst Biased Against Male Students in Title IX Assault Cases?
Emily Shire
August 18, 2014
The notification center will all be available right from the lock screen.
20 Life-Altering Developments Just Announced at Apple’s Life-Altering Worldwide Developers Conference
Winston Ross
June 10, 2013
Now you can delete that spammy email right at the notification itself, or reply right there to a message.
20 Life-Altering Developments Just Announced at Apple’s Life-Altering Worldwide Developers Conference
Winston Ross
June 10, 2013
Compliance experts and contractors say Lockheed Martin is far less tied to the 60-day notification requirement than it suggests.
Lockheed Martin’s Layoff Notices: An Empty Threat?
Alex Klein
June 27, 2012

Historical Examples

"The writing's fresh," said Sergeant Whitley, who also looked at the notification.
The Rock of Chickamauga
Joseph A. Altsheler
All right, then give me the notification and forget the rest of the inspection.
By Proxy
Gordon Randall Garrett
Notification was given to them, and they obeyed it in the same year.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 27 of 55)
Various
They showed the notification and declined to go till the next day.
France and the Republic
William Henry Hurlbert
The notification of so early a departure, or else his bluntness, astonished her.
Beauchamp's Career, Complete
George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for notification

notification

noun

the act of notifying
a formal announcement
something that notifies; a notice

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for notification

n.

late 14c., from Old French notificacion (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin notificationem (nominative notificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin notificare "to make known, notify" (see notify).

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Examples from the Web for notification

Contemporary Examples

On March 23, the World Health Organization published a notification of an Ebola outbreak in Guinea on its websites.

By June, the school finally responded, though only with notification of fees for staff to locate and photocopy the documents.

The notification center will all be available right from the lock screen.

Now you can delete that spammy email right at the notification itself, or reply right there to a message.

Compliance experts and contractors say Lockheed Martin is far less tied to the 60-day notification requirement than it suggests.

Historical Examples

"The writing's fresh," said Sergeant Whitley, who also looked at the notification.

All right, then give me the notification and forget the rest of the inspection.

Notification was given to them, and they obeyed it in the same year.

They showed the notification and declined to go till the next day.

The notification of so early a departure, or else his bluntness, astonished her.

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Word Origin and History for notification

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Origin of notification