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Definitions for notification
ˌnoʊ tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃənno·ti·fi·ca·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. presentment, notificationnoun

    an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative

  2. telling, apprisal, notificationnoun

    informing by words

  3. notification, noticenoun

    a request for payment

    "the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting"

Wiktionary

  1. notificationnoun

    The act of notifying.

  2. notificationnoun

    A specific piece of information that serves to notify.

ChatGPT

  1. notification

    A notification is a message or alert, often automated, that informs or updates an individual about a specific event, action, or status change. It can be delivered through various mediums such as emails, messages, phone calls or in-app alerts on electronic devices. Notifications are commonly used in digital platforms, applications, and operating systems to provide real-time updates.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Notificationnoun

    the act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means

  2. Notificationnoun

    notice given in words or writing, or by signs

  3. Notificationnoun

    the writing which communicates information; an advertisement, or citation, etc

  4. Etymology: [Cf. F. notification. See Notify.]

Editors Contribution

  1. notification

    The act of notifying.

    The notification was easy and simple.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 6, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of notification in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of notification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of notification in a Sentence

  1. David Heymann:

    A border doesn't stop infections, people can cross borders while they're in the incubation period. So screening will pick out some, but it certainly won't get others, so what's important at screening is to tell people, not only' we're taking your temperature'. But giving them some kind of notification about where they go should they get a fever.

  2. Justin Sattina:

    The thing about coming in by 911 is that there's pre-notification to the hospital that there's a stroke patient coming in and everything clicks along faster.

  3. The Texas senator:

    Hillary Clinton embraces abortion on demand in all circumstances up until the moment of birth. Partial-birth abortion with taxpayer funding, with no notification for parents in any circumstances -- 91% of Americans say that's nuts, so what do they do, they try to shift it. The war on women wasn't that, it was contraceptives. Now listen, I have been a conservative my entire life. I have never met anybody, any conservative who wants to ban contraceptives.

  4. Kathleen Rodgers:

    We both lived in crippling fear every second of every day that the notification team would show up on our doorstep and change our lives forever, i can't imagine experiencing that again.

  5. Josefina Vidal:

    In our view it's not necessary to put it all in one package because if, for example, in a few weeks we receive some satisfactory notification in regards to the matter of Cuba's removal from the terrorist list, I think we will be ready to then begin talking about how to formalize the re-establishing of relations.

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