to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
Chiefly British. to make known; give information of: The sale was notified in the newspapers.
Origin of notify
1325–75; Middle English notifien<Middle French notifier<Latin nōtificāre, equivalent to (g)nōt(us) (past participle of (g)nōscere to come to know; see know1) + -ificāre-ify
SYNONYMS FOR notify
1 apprise, advise, tell.
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OTHER WORDS FROM notify
no·ti·fi·a·ble,adjectiveno·ti·fi·er,nounpre·no·ti·fy,verb (used with object),pre·no·ti·fied,pre·no·ti·fy·ing.re·no·ti·fy,verb (used with object),re·no·ti·fied,re·no·ti·fy·ing.
un·no·ti·fied,adjective
Words nearby notify
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At least some people had seen the posting and failed to notify the authorities, hopefully because they had not taken it seriously.
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They came into the country and they failed to notify the FBI.
Laura Poitras on Snowden's Unrevealed Secrets|Marlow Stern|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brown did not notify Sclove of when specifically Kopin would be leaving campus.
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And when the database flags a conflict, the court must notify the judge.
Law-Breaking Judges Took Cases That Could Make Them Even Richer|Reity O’Brien, Kytja Weir, Chris Young, Center for Public Integrity|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He always has the courtesy to notify in advance, even if we choose not to listen.
Ukraine Is On the Verge Of War And Putin Is To Blame|Michael Weiss|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those who had fainted, never forgave him for his failure to notify them of what was to happen.
The Story of a Life|J. Breckenridge Ellis
Prussia will abstain from hostilities for five days, during which Austria will have to notify acceptance of preliminaries.
The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph|Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
We can notify them when we come back—that is, if we are unsuccessful.
Young Auctioneers|Edward Stratemeyer
Left alone, Mlle. Gilberte had but one thought,—to notify M. de Tregars, and obtain word from him.
Other People's Money|Emile Gaboriau
The waiter received orders to notify me when they sent for a cab.
Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII)|Charles Paul de Kock
British Dictionary definitions for notify
notify
/ (ˈnəʊtɪˌfaɪ) /
verb-fies, -fyingor-fied(tr)
to inform; tell
mainlyBritishto draw attention to; make known; announce
Derived forms of notify
notifier, noun
Word Origin for notify
C14: from Old French notifier, from Latin notificāre to make known, from nōtus known + facere to make