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notification

  • /ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ UK
  • /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

From Middle French notification, from Old French notificacion, from Latin nōtificātiō.

noun notifications

  1. uncountable The act of notifying.
  2. countable A specific piece of information that serves to notify.
  3. countable A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc. A notification popped up on my computer.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: apprisal, notice, telling, presentment, notifying, notifier, notify, denunciation, announcement, informing, aviso, statement, avis, advise, inform, advisory

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noun act of notifying

Españolnotificación
한국어통지 tongji
日本語通知 tsūchi
中文通知 tōngzhī
हिन्दीअनुज्ञापन anujñāpan, ज्ञापन jñāpan
Portuguêsnotificação
Françaisnotification
DeutschBenachrichtigung
Italianonotificazione
Românănotificare, notificațiune, notificație
Русскийуведомле́ние uvedomlénije, оповеще́ние opoveščénije
العربيةإِشْعَار ʔišʕār, إِخْطَار ʔiḵṭār, إِبْلَاغ ʔiblāḡ, إِخْبَار ʔiḵbār, إِعْلَام ʔiʕlām, إِعْلَان ʔiʕlān

noun a specific piece of information serving to notify

한국어통지 tongji
日本語お知らせ o-shirase, 通知 tsūchi
中文通知 tōngzhī
हिन्दीअनुज्ञापन anujñāpan, विज्ञप्ति vijñapti
Portuguêsnotificação, aviso
Françaisnotification, renseignement
DeutschNachricht
Ελληνικάγνωστοποίηση gnostopoíisi, ειδοποίηση eidopoíisi
Românănotificare
Русскийизвеще́ние izveščénije, уведомле́ние uvedomlénije, сообще́ние soobščénije
العربيةتَنْبِيه tanbīh, إِشْعَار ʔišʕār
עבריתהוֹדָעָה hoda'á

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"notification." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/notification.

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@misc{notification_2026,
  title = {notification},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/notification},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}