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notification

notification

107 3.3
A message that tells you about something, often sent by email or an app
  • noun
  • /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
: notificación
  • Now, here is a notification of your field audit.
  • receive notifications
  • send notifications
  • email notification

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Examples

  • I received notification from the office of the Superioress General that she would be joining us.

  • For example, an email notification may be unwittingly discarded into a junk file.

    Academic text (2011)
  • No, it was a notification from my phone.

  • Instead, what woke me up was a notification from Instagram.

  • There was no parental notification or permission.

  • The only thing we will talk to you about is notification, consultation, and so forth.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Extensions will not be granted. Notification of acceptance will be sent to the primary author by December 4, 2015.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Students also believed that faculty who sent notifications were more engaged and aware of their students.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The names of the eight victims are being withheld until notification of next of kin.

  • If you had given me the notification, I would not have missed the meeting.

Synonyms

message
vsnotification
∞ 1.0

A short note or text someone sends to give information

is often more formal and used to inform or warn officially
warning
vsnotification
738 1.0

A statement or sign that tells people about danger before it happens

is broader including routine information and non danger alerts
announcement
vsnotification
646 1.5

A public statement that gives important information

is less public and can be private or less formal
memo
vsnotification
351 1.8

A short written note used at work to inform or remind people

is more general used across contexts beyond business messages
notice
vsnotification
200 1.0

A written message giving information to people

is broader including spoken or informal alerts not only written ones
communication
vsnotification
149 2.3

A message sent from one person or group to another

is narrower focusing on formal notices or warning messages
heads-up
vsnotification
  • Informal
148 4.1

A quick warning that something will happen

is more formal and can be official rather than casual alerts
proclamation
vsnotification
  • Formal
61 5.5

An official public announcement by a government or leader that tells people something important

is more general and used for routine information rather than declarations
advisory
vsnotification
  • Literature
38 4.3

An official warning that tells the public about possible danger or bad weather

is broader covering ordinary information not only warnings or advice
alerting
vsnotification
1 4.1

Telling people about danger, problems, or important events

is more general covering formal information or routine notices
information bulletin
vsnotification
1 3.4

A short message giving the latest updates about a subject or organization

is less formal and not always published as a short report
informing
vsnotification
1 2.5

Giving people information they need to know

is similar but often carries a formal or official tone
prewarning
vsnotification
1 4.4

An advance notice that tells people about a possible danger

is broader and may inform without being an advance alert
preannouncement
vsnotification
  • Formal
1 6.8

An official short notice that tells people about news coming soon

is more general and not necessarily tied to a later main statement
prenotification
vsnotification
1 7.0

A notice given before an event or change

is broader and can be sent at any time not only beforehand
informance
vsnotification
8.1

The act of telling people facts or details

is usually more formal and can also include official warnings

How Urgent

alarm
721 1.0
alert
324 2.8
warning
738 1.0
notification
107 3.3
information
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

notification singular
notifications plural

Morphology

notification = notify (transparent) = notify + ation

A straightforward nominalization of 'notify' meaning 'the act or result of informing', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Notification comes from parts that mean 'know' and 'make'—noti- ('to know') and -ficare ('to make')—and is the same idea you see in notice. So a modern notification (like an app alert or a posted message) simply 'makes something known' to you, which is why it tells you about messages, meetings, or warnings.