notification

noun

no·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌnō-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce notification (audio)
1
: the act or an instance of notifying
2
: a written or printed matter that gives notice

Examples of notification in a Sentence

I was given no notification that you received my payment. You will be sent a written notification.
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But days before Christmas, a notification on his phone revealed an unsettling truth. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025 The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the Appropriations Committee, which oversees USAID OIG, raised concerns about the cuts in May after receiving a congressional notification sent by its acting deputy inspector general Toayoa Aldridge. Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 With Android 16, Google is stepping up notification bundling by forcing it on apps. Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025 The victim’s name was not immediately released publicly pending identification and notification of next of kin by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for notification

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 25 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

notification

noun
no·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌnōt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce notification (audio)
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 How to pronounce notification (audio)
: 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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