notification

[ noh-tuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

/ 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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Origin of notification

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

OTHER WORDS FROM notification

non·no·ti·fi·ca·tion, nounre·no·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby notification

not hurt a fly, notice, noticeable, notice board, notifiable, notification, not if one can help it, notify, not if you paid me, no-tillage, no time at all

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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.
Facebook tries to clean up Groups with new policies|Sarah Perez|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
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 Online
The 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|Fortune
They 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 Review

On 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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
When you tap on a username, the app sends a push notification to that user.
The Zen of Yo|Dale Eisinger|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
They received notification ten days ahead of publication, as usual.
Behind the Scenes of the E.U. Settlement Announcement|Noga Tarnopolsky|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
You may expect, every post, a formal notification, which I shall instantly dispatch.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
The appointment was confirmed at Vienna, even before formal notification had reached the Emperor.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
The official notification which has been issued directs artists to send in their works from the 2d to the 15th of November.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various
The medical attendant is entitled to receive in respect of each notification a fee of 2s.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4|Various
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

notification

/ (ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

the act of notifying

a formal announcement

something that notifies; a notice

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