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notification
noun
no·ti·fi·ca·tion
ˌnō-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən
Synonyms
Examples of notification in a Sentence
I was given no notification that you received my payment.
You will be sent a written notification.
Recent Examples on the Web
The company also sent out public notifications during and after incidents at the refinery.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
The filing also details the company's efforts to regain compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements after receiving notifications of non-compliance with minimum bid price and stockholders' equity requirements.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Otherwise, you’ll likely be inundated with an endless stream of texts from the family group chat and notifications from social-media platforms.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
In the last few days, the intelligence agencies have issued further public notifications that—presumably as part of the same scheme—Russia was behind bogus videos falsely depicting someone in Pennsylvania ripping up ballots and Haitians illegally voting in Georgia.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of notification was
in the 14th century
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“Notification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notification. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
notification
noun
no·ti·fi·ca·tion
ˌnōt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən
1
: the act or an instance of notifying
2
: written or printed matter that gives notice
Medical Definition
notification
noun
no·ti·fi·ca·tion
ˌnōt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən
: the act or an instance of notifying
especially
: the act of reporting the occurrence of a communicable disease or of an individual affected with such a disease
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