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notify

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N OW1 T AH0 F AY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To give (someone) notice (of some event).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The dispatcher immediately notified the volunteer fire department of the emergency call.
  • Once a decision has been reached and notified to the parties it becomes binding.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make (something) known.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make note of (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

inform (somebody) of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I advised him that the rent was due

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: advise, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inform

History

Etymology

From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَخْبَرَ (ʔaḵbara) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Arabic: أَبْلَغَ (ʔablaḡa) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Armenian: ծանուցել (canucʻel) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Belarusian: паведамля́ць (pavjedamljácʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Belarusian: паве́даміць (pavjédamicʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Belarusian: апавяшча́ць (apavjaščácʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Belarusian: апавясці́ць (apavjascícʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Bulgarian: уведомя́вам (uvedomjávam) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Bulgarian: уведомя́ (uvedomjá) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通知 (tōngzhī) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通告 (tōnggào) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Czech: upozornit — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Czech: avizovat — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Dutch: mededelen — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Dutch: waarschuwen — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Dutch: notificeren — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Esperanto: avizi — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Finnish: ilmoittaa — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • French: notifier — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • German: mitteilen — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • German: benachrichtigen — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Hungarian: értesít — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Icelandic: láta vita — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Icelandic: tilkynna — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Indonesian: memberitahu — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Irish: cuir in iúl — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Italian: notificare — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Japanese: 通告する (tsūkoku suru) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Japanese: 通知する (tsūchi suru) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Japanese: 知らせる (shiraseru) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Korean: 통치하다 (tongchihada) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Korean: 통보하다 (tongbohada) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Korean: 알리다 (allida) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Kyrgyz: билдирүү (bildirüü) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Māori: whakamōhio — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Norwegian: meddele — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Polish: notyfikować — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Polish: awizować — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Polish: zaawizować — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Portuguese: notificar — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Portuguese: informar — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Russian: уведомля́ть (uvedomljátʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Russian: уве́домить (uvédomitʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Russian: сообща́ть (soobščátʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Russian: сообщи́ть (soobščítʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Russian: оповеща́ть (opoveščátʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Russian: оповести́ть (opovestítʹ) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Slovak: upovedomiť — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Slovak: oznámiť — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Slovene: obvestiti — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Spanish: notificar — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Swedish: meddela — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Swedish: avisera — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Tagalog: ipaalam — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Tagalog: ipasabi — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Tagalog: ipabatid — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Tagalog: ipabalita — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Tagalog: ipagbigay-alam — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Tagalog: ipahayag — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Tagalog: ipatalastas — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Thai: แจ้งความ (jɛ̂ɛng-kwaam) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Turkish: bildirmek — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Ottoman Turkish: خبر ایتمك (haber etmek) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Ukrainian: повідомля́ти (povidomljáty) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Ukrainian: повідо́мити (povidómyty) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Ukrainian: оповіща́ти (opoviščáty) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Ukrainian: оповісти́ти (opovistýty) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)
  • Yiddish: אַוויזירן (avizirn) — (transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)