notify
SayNOH-ti-fyUS/ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/UK/ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ/
Formsnotifies, notifying, notified
- 1To inform someone formally of something, or to report a fact, event, or decision officially.
The bank will notify customers of any changes to their accounts.
Authorities notified residents that the water supply would be shut off overnight.
UsageUsually notify someone of something or notify someone that. Official writing also has the news as object: notified to the parties.
- 2To make note of something; to observe it and set it down.
Note
An observer's sense, now gone from use: the naturalist notifies each species he meets, meaning he sets it down rather than tells anyone about it.
Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- Notify had an obsolete transitive sense meaning to make note of something. en.wiktionary.org
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Origin
English borrowed Old French notifier (also spelled notefiier), which appeared in Middle English as notifien.