notify

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

Verb

  1. To give (someone) notice (of some event).
    • 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.
  2. To make (something) known.
  3. To make note of (something).

Origin

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

Forms

notifies notifying notified

Synonyms

apprise inform

Related

notifier notification notifyee

Derived

denotify misnotify notifiability notifiable prenotify renotify unnotified unnotify