noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of notifying. uncountable
2. 2
   an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative wordnet
3. 3
   A specific piece of information that serves to notify. countable
4. 4
   a request for payment wordnet
5. 5
   A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc. countable

   "A notification popped up on my computer."

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6. 6
   informing by words wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

accountannouncementtellingacquaintanceadmonishmentadmonition

Example

More examples

"I received notification that we must move out in one month."

Etymology

From Middle French notification, from Old French notificacion, from Latin nōtificātiō.

Related phrases

casualty notificationdeath notificatione-notificationnotification appliancenotification areanotification bellpush notificationtoast notificationcell phone

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