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notification

[ noh-tuh-fi-key-shuh n ]
/ ˌnoʊ tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
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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.

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RELATED WORDS

proclamation, notice, warning, bulletin, information, advertisement, advisory, communication, alert, release, statement, declaration, report, news, message, communique

Nearby words

notice, notice board, noticeable, notifiable, notifiable disease, notification, notify, notion, notional, notionally, notionate

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
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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British Dictionary definitions for notification

notification

/ (ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) /

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

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).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper