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 — ► 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
