notify
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]notify (third-person singular simple present notifies, present participle notifying, simple past and past participle notified)
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event). [from mid-15th c.]
- The dispatcher immediately notified the volunteer fire department of the emergency call.
- Once a decision has been reached and notified to the parties it becomes binding.
- (obsolete, transitive) To make (something) known. [late 14c.] [2] [3]
- (obsolete, transitive) To make note of (something).[2]
Usage notes
[edit]As illustrated by the usage examples, the direct object of the verb can either be the party to which notice is given, or the event of which notice is given.
Synonyms
[edit]- apprise, inform; See also Thesaurus:inform
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit](transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “notify”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “notify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- ^ “notify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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