- notify someone of something
- notify someone of somethingto inform someone about something. •
Can you notify my parents of my arrival at the airport?
•We were notified of it last night.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
notify someone of something
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notify */ — UK [ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ] / US [ˈnoʊtɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms notify : present tense I/you/we/they notify he/she/it notifies present participle notifying past tense notified past participle notified to inform someone officially about something… … English dictionary
notify — no|ti|fy [ noutı,faı ] verb transitive * to inform someone officially about something: Winners will be notified as soon as possible. notify someone of something: We ve notified our policyholders of the changes affecting their policies. notify… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
notify — [[t]no͟ʊtɪfaɪ[/t]] notifies, notifying, notified VERB If you notify someone of something, you officially inform them about it. [FORMAL] [V n of/about n] The skipper notified the coastguard of the tragedy... [be V ed that] Earlier this year they… … English dictionary
notify — no‧ti‧fy [ˈnəʊtfaɪ ǁ ˈnoʊ ] verb notified PTandPP [transitive] to tell someone something officially or formally, usually by writing to them: • The company notified about 110 employees they would lose their jobs because of the planned closure.… … Financial and business terms
notify — [nōt′ə fī΄] vt. notified, notifying [ME notifien < MFr notifier < L notificare < notus (see NOTE) + facere, to make, DO1] 1. to give notice to; inform; announce to 2. Chiefly Brit. to give notice of; announce; make known notifier n … English World dictionary
notify — I verb acquaint, advertise, advise, alert, announce, annunciate, apprise, break the news, brief, bring word, call attention to, caution, communicate, confide, contact, convey, counsel, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, enunciate … Law dictionary
notify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. inform, warn, apprise, advise, tell, acquaint. See information, publication. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To provide with information] Syn. inform, tell, acquaint, apprise, declare, announce, enlighten,… … English dictionary for students
notify — no|ti|fy [ˈnəutıfaı US ˈnou ] v past tense and past participle notified present participle notifying third person singular notifies [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: notifier, from Late Latin notificare, from Latin notus; NOTICE2] to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
notify — verb (T) to formally or officially tell someone about something; inform: notify sb of: You will be notified of any changes in the system … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
notify — verb (notifies, notifying, notified) inform (someone) of something in a formal or official manner. ↘report (something) formally or officially. Derivatives notification noun Origin ME: from OFr. notifier, from L. notificare make known … English new terms dictionary
notify — verb To give (someone) notice of (something). Syn: apprise, inform See Also: notifier, notification … Wiktionary
