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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(nō′tə fī′)

Inflections of 'notify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

notifies: v 3rd person singular

notifying: v pres p

notified: v past

notified: v past p

no•ti•fy /ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪ/USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing.

to inform; give notice to;
tell: [~ + object]to notify the police.[~ + object + of]to notify the police of a crime.[~ + object + that clause]You'll have to notify him that there's been an accident.

no•ti•fi•ca•tion /ˌnoʊtəfɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]a notification of our intent to sell the house.[uncountable]to give sufficient notification of your intention.
no•ti•fi•er, n. [countable]See -nota-.

no•ti•fy (nō′tə fī′),USA pronunciation v.t., -fied, -fy•ing.

to inform (someone) or give notice to:to notify the police of a crime.
British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]to make known;
give information of:The sale was notified in the newspapers.

Latin nōtificāre, equivalent. to (g)nōt(us) (past participle of (g)nōscere to come to know; see know¹) + -ificāre -ify
Middle French notifier
Middle English notifien 1325–75

no′ti•fi′a•ble, adj.
no′ti•fi′er, n.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

notify /ˈnəʊtɪˌfaɪ/ vb ( -fies, -fying, -fied) (transitive)

to inform; tell
chiefly Brit to draw attention to; make known; announce

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French notifier, from Latin notificāre to make known, from nōtus known + facere to makeˈnotiˌfier n

'notify' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

advise - previse - tell - warn - inform - misprision - notice - notification - notion - notorious - post - two-minute warning - sick - stop - summon

Synonyms: inform, tell, advise, let sb know, make sth known to, more...

Collocations: notify them in [writing, person, case], notify us by [email, telephone], notify the [police, emergency services, director], more...

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