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no·ti·fy

 (nō′tə-fī′)
tr.v. no·ti·fied, no·ti·fy·ing, no·ti·fies
1. To give notice to; inform: notified the citizens of the curfew by posting signs.
2. Chiefly British To give notice of; make known.

[Middle English notifien, from Old French notifier, from Latin nōtificāre : nōtus, known, past participle of nōscere, to get to know; see gnō- in Indo-European roots + -ficāre, -fy.]

no′ti·fi′er n.
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notify

(ˈnəʊtɪˌfaɪ)
vb (tr) , -fies, -fying or -fied
1. to inform; tell
2. chiefly Brit to draw attention to; make known; announce
[C14: from Old French notifier, from Latin notificāre to make known, from nōtus known + facere to make]
ˈnotiˌfier n
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no•ti•fy

(ˈnoʊ təˌfaɪ)

v.t. -fied, -fy•ing.
1. to inform; give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
2. Chiefly Brit. to make known; give information of.
[1325–75; < Middle French notifier < Latin nōtificāre <(g)nōt(us), past participle of (g)nōscere to come to know]
no′ti•fi`a•ble, adj.
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notify


Past participle: notified
Gerund: notifying

Imperative
notify
notify
Present
I notify
you notify
he/she/it notifies
we notify
you notify
they notify
Preterite
I notified
you notified
he/she/it notified
we notified
you notified
they notified
Present Continuous
I am notifying
you are notifying
he/she/it is notifying
we are notifying
you are notifying
they are notifying
Present Perfect
I have notified
you have notified
he/she/it has notified
we have notified
you have notified
they have notified
Past Continuous
I was notifying
you were notifying
he/she/it was notifying
we were notifying
you were notifying
they were notifying
Past Perfect
I had notified
you had notified
he/she/it had notified
we had notified
you had notified
they had notified
Future
I will notify
you will notify
he/she/it will notify
we will notify
you will notify
they will notify
Future Perfect
I will have notified
you will have notified
he/she/it will have notified
we will have notified
you will have notified
they will have notified
Future Continuous
I will be notifying
you will be notifying
he/she/it will be notifying
we will be notifying
you will be notifying
they will be notifying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been notifying
you have been notifying
he/she/it has been notifying
we have been notifying
you have been notifying
they have been notifying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been notifying
you will have been notifying
he/she/it will have been notifying
we will have been notifying
you will have been notifying
they will have been notifying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been notifying
you had been notifying
he/she/it had been notifying
we had been notifying
you had been notifying
they had been notifying
Conditional
I would notify
you would notify
he/she/it would notify
we would notify
you would notify
they would notify
Past Conditional
I would have notified
you would have notified
he/she/it would have notified
we would have notified
you would have notified
they would have notified
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.notify - inform (somebody) of somethingnotify - inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"
inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"
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notify

verb inform, tell, advise, alert to, announce, warn, acquaint with, make known to, apprise of The skipper notified the coastguard of the tragedy.
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notify

verb
To impart information to:
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Translations
يَبْلُغُيُبْلِغ، يُعْلِم
informovatupozornitvyrozumět
underrettemeddele
avizi
ilmoittaa
obavijestiti
értesít
láta vitaláta vita, tilkynnatilkynna
通知する
통지하다
paziņot
obvestiti
meddelaunderrätta
แจ้งให้ทราบ
bildirimde bulunmakbildirmekhaber vermek
thông báo

notify

[ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ] VTavisar
you must notify the policedebes avisar a la policíadebes notificarlo a la policía
to notify sb of sthcomunicar or notificar algo a algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

notify

[ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ] vt [+ person] → avertir
to notify sb of sth → avertir qn de qch
to notify sb that → informer qn que
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

notify

vt person, candidatebenachrichtigen, unterrichten (form); change of address, loss, disease etcmelden; to notify somebody of somethingjdn von etw benachrichtigen, jdm etw mitteilen; authorities, insurance companyjdm etw melden; to be notified of somethingüber etw (acc)informiert werden, von etw benachrichtigt or unterrichtet (form)werden
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notify

[ˈnəʊtɪˌfaɪ] vt to notify sb of sthinformare or avvisare qn di qc; (police) → denunciare qc a qn
to notify sth to sb → notificare qc a qn
you should notify the police that your car has been stolen → deve denunciare il furto della macchina alla polizia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

notify

(ˈnəutifai) verb
to inform or warn about something. He notified the headmaster of his intentions; If there has been an accident you must notify the police.
ˌnotifiˈcation (-fi-) noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

notify

يَبْلُغُ vyrozumět underrette benachrichtigen ειδοποιώ notificar ilmoittaa notifier obavijestiti informare 通知する 통지하다 informeren underrette zawiadomić notificar извещать underrätta แจ้งให้ทราบ bildirimde bulunmak thông báo 通知
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

notify

v. avisar, informar, notificar;
___ your doctor at onceAvise a su médico en seguida.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
References in classic literature ?
But be sure to come alone, and under no circumstances notify Scotland Yard, for I know you well and shall be watching for you.
She begged to be allowed to accompany him, but he insisted that it might result in the man's carrying out his threat of refusing to aid them if Tarzan did not come alone, and so they parted, he to hasten to Dover, and she, ostensibly to wait at home until he should notify her of the outcome of his mission.
And because I would not consent to notify the officers, do not think that I am not sincerely grateful to you for the brave and chivalrous protection you rendered me.
Fogg asked him if it was not too late to notify the Reverend Samuel Wilson, of Marylebone parish, that evening.
When your golden youth has decayed we shall quickly part company -- but you needn't look forward to it; we'll discover the fact ourselves, and notify you.
What current washes the shore of Caprona I know not; whither my bottle will be borne I cannot even guess; but I have done all that mortal man may do to notify the world of my whereabouts and the dangers that threaten those of us who remain alive in Caspak--if there be any other than myself.
But she wrote anew to her mother, ostensibly to notify the wedding-day; really to again implore her advice.
on the morrow; meantime he could notify the guides, and also let the public know of the attempt which we proposed to make.
Explaining his decision to join the tech firm, Mr Meears-White said: "Notify is a unique product and is leading the way in reporting and capturing H&S incident and risk.
"Since launching Notify, we've learned a lot about how to make notifications as timely and relevant as possible and we heard from people using the app that Notify helped them stay informed about things they cared about throughout the day," Facebook said in a statement cited by the Verge.&nbsp;"With more than 900 million people using Messenger each month, we think there is a great opportunity for publishers to reach even more people interested in real-time updates from their favorite sources."
Two of the main duties of a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) are to notify the regulator of serious injuries in the workplace and to keep records of any workplace incident in a register of injuries.
In case the same were not notified, the ECP would notify the reserved seats by its own and issue the election schedule for the same on Friday, he added.