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notify — no‧ti‧fy [ˈnəʊtfaɪ ǁ ˈnoʊ ] verb notified PTandPP [transitive] to tell someone something officially or formally, usually by writing to them: • The company notified about 110 employees they would lose their jobs because of the planned closure.… … Financial and business terms
notify — I verb acquaint, advertise, advise, alert, announce, annunciate, apprise, break the news, brief, bring word, call attention to, caution, communicate, confide, contact, convey, counsel, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, enunciate … Law dictionary
Notify — No ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Notified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Notifying}.] [F. notifier, L. notificare; notus known (p. p. of noscere to known) + ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Know}, and { fy}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make known; to declare; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
notify — [nōt′ə fī΄] vt. notified, notifying [ME notifien < MFr notifier < L notificare < notus (see NOTE) + facere, to make, DO1] 1. to give notice to; inform; announce to 2. Chiefly Brit. to give notice of; announce; make known notifier n … English World dictionary
notify — (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. notefiier make known, inform, apprise (13c.), from L. notificare to make known, notify, from L. notus known (see NOTICE (Cf. notice) (n.)) + root of facere make, do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Related: Notified … Etymology dictionary
notify — apprise, advise, acquaint, *inform Analogous words: announce, *declare, proclaim, publish, promulgate, broadcast: *reveal, disclose, discover, divulge, tell … New Dictionary of Synonyms
notify — [v] inform acquaint, advise, air, alert, announce, apprise, assert, blazon, brief, broadcast, cable, caution, circulate, clue in, convey, cue, debrief, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, express, fill in, give, herald, hint, let… … New thesaurus
notify — ► VERB (notifies, notified) ▪ inform, typically in a formal or official manner. DERIVATIVES notification noun. ORIGIN Latin notificare make known … English terms dictionary
notify — v. 1) (BE) (B) to notify a crime to the police 2) (D; tr.) to notify about, of (we notified the police of the incident) 3) (BE) (H) we ll notify her to draw up a contract 4) (L; must have an object) she notified us that she would accept the… … Combinatory dictionary
notify */ — UK [ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ] / US [ˈnoʊtɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms notify : present tense I/you/we/they notify he/she/it notifies present participle notifying past tense notified past participle notified to inform someone officially about something… … English dictionary
notify — verb ADVERB ▪ forthwith (BrE), immediately, promptly ▪ in advance ▪ by email, via email ▪ by mail (esp. AmE) … Collocations dictionary
