notifier
- noun
- /ˈnoʊtɪfaɪər/
- I installed a weather notifier that updates me with alerts about severe storms.
Examples
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I'm doing social networking stuff, so the containment has Twitter and an email notifier tied to my personal account.
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Download Huffington Post News Notifier
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You can set up an email notifier there, too.
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Contact information about the notifier including address, telephone number, and, if available, e-mail address.
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Use tools such as LinkedIn's Job Change Notifier to keep up to date when your connections get promoted or move companies.
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Gnome Package Kit has been replaced with the Kalu upgrade notifier, and exclusively for Manjaro, a user-friendly interface for pacman (the pacman-gui).
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The notifier sent an alert to my phone when the package was delivered.
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Her computer has a notifier that informs her when important updates are available.
Synonyms
A device that makes a loud sound to warn or wake people
A device that makes a sound to get someone's attention
A tool that makes a loud sound or bright light to tell people there is danger
A sign that tells people about a possible problem
A person or machine that warns people about danger and problems
A device or person that announces alerts and public messages
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Morphology
Etymology
The word notifier comes from notify, which is related to the everyday word note ('a short message' or 'mark'), and the ending -er means 'one who'. So a notifier is 'one who makes something known' or 'gives an alert'.