notify
verbcommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ//
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
obsoleteTo make (something) known.
- 3
obsoleteTo make note of (something).
Etymology
From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.
Forms
- past tense
- notified
- past participle
- notified
- present participle
- notifying
- third person singular
- notifies