notification
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.
a written or printed notice, announcement, or warning: Notifications were mailed to the winners.
Digital Technology. a programmed message or alert sent on an electronic device to inform the user of something.
Origin of notification
1Other words from notification
- non·no·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun
- re·no·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun
Words Nearby notification
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How to use notification in a sentence
You may have already received notifications from some of your groups that an admin is needed.
It also sends a notification if an athlete hasn’t logged a period, which may be a sign of amenorrhea, the absence of menstruation.
Everything You Need to Know About Period Tracking | Christine Yu | September 6, 2020 | Outside OnlineThe company also will work with Reuters to provide official election results and make the information available both on its platform and with push notifications.
Facebook aims to minimize misinformation, will restrict new political ads in the week prior to the election | radmarya | September 3, 2020 | FortuneThey ran simulations to estimate the impact if digital exposure notification tools were adopted by anywhere from a 15% of the population to 75%—which would mean that effectively all smartphone users were using the system.
Coronavirus tracing apps can save lives even with low adoption rates | Patrick O'Neill | September 2, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewOn May 30, he got an automated notification that his server was about overloaded.
The internet of protest is being built on single-page websites | Tanya Basu | August 27, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
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 | THE DAILY BEASTBy 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 DAILY BEASTWhen you tap on a username, the app sends a push notification to that user.
But then again, this is the “preferred notification app of the newly deceased,” so it must be legit.
Smartphone Apps and Wearables Are Taking a Morbid Turn | Charlotte Lytton | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey received notification ten days ahead of publication, as usual.
Behind the Scenes of the E.U. Settlement Announcement | Noga Tarnopolsky | July 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTYou may expect, every post, a formal notification, which I shall instantly dispatch.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonThe appointment was confirmed at Vienna, even before formal notification had reached the Emperor.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonThe official notification which has been issued directs artists to send in their works from the 2d to the 15th of November.
The medical attendant is entitled to receive in respect of each notification a fee of 2s.
In the succeeding Gazette the notification appeared that I was placed on retired pay.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon
British Dictionary definitions for notification
/ (ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) /
the act of notifying
a formal announcement
something that notifies; a notice
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