Notify
['nəʊtɪfaɪ] or ['notə'fai]
Definition
(v. t.) To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person.
(v. t.) To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Declare, promulgate, publish, announce, advertise, make known.[2]. Inform, apprise, acquaint, make known to, give notice to, signify to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Intimate, declare, announce, give_notice_to, acquaint, communicate, apprise,inform, warn
ANT:Suppress, withhold, conceal, misreport
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Definition
v.t. to make known: to declare: to give notice or information of:—pa.t. and pa.p. nō′tified.—adj. Nō′tifiable that must be made known.—n. Notificā′tion the act of notifying: the notice given: the paper containing the notice.
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Examples
- He did not even notify his command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She set the dish on, touched my guardian quietly on the arm with a finger to notify that dinner was ready, and vanished. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I notified him, also, that I had sent Grierson to take command of his cavalry, he being a very efficient officer. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I called for about twenty minutes and notified them that I could not get Louisville. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The furnace foreman is notified by the operator as to the temperature by means of small colored electric lights, located above the furnace. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Grand Gulf was accordingly given up as a base and the authorities at Washington were notified. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sigel was in Winchester and was notified to move in conjunction with the others. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Helium had been notified by radio-aerogram of our approach. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I was not notified in advance so as to be able to decline and thus prevent the performance; but in both cases I civilly declined to attend. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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