Meanings
nounnotification (countable and uncountable, plural notifications)
plural notifications
- uncountableThe act of notifying.
- countableA specific piece of information that serves to notify.
- countablecomputingA message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc.
A notification popped up on my computer.
2 more examples
I received an e-mail notification on my phone.
Watch for notifications on the top screen[.]
2008, “Story Mode”, in Cory in the House: Instruction Booklet, Burbank, California: Disney Interactive Studios; Nintendo, page 9
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
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Origin
- Latinnōtificātiō
- Old Frenchnotificacion
- Middle Frenchnotification
- Englishnotification
From Middle French notification, from Old French notificacion, from Latin nōtificātiō.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kennisgewing, notifikasie
- kennisgewingact of notifying
- notifikasiea specific piece of information serving to notify
Arabic إِشْعَار, إِخْطَار
- إِشْعَار (ʔišʕār)act of notifying
- إِخْطَار (ʔiḵṭār)act of notifying
- إِبْلَاغ (ʔiblāḡ)act of notifying
- إِخْبَار (ʔiḵbār)act of notifying
- إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām)act of notifying
- إِعْلَان (ʔiʕlān)act of notifying
- تَنْبِيه (tanbīh)a specific piece of information serving to notify
- إِشْعَار (ʔišʕār)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Basque jakinarazpen
- jakinarazpenact of notifying
Bulgarian уведомле́ние, съобще́ние
- уведомле́ние (uvedomlénie)act of notifying
- съобще́ние (săobšténie)a specific piece of information serving to notify
- уведомле́ние (uvedomlénie)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Catalan notificació, notificació
- notificacióact of notifying
- notificacióa specific piece of information serving to notify
Chinese Cantonese 通知, 通知
- 通知act of notifying
- 通知a specific piece of information serving to notify
Chinese Mandarin 通知, 通知
- 通知 (tōngzhī)act of notifying
- 通知 (tōngzhī)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Czech upozornění, oznámení
- upozorněníact of notifying
- oznámeníact of notifying
Danish melding
- meldinga specific piece of information serving to notify
Dutch melding
- meldingact of notifying
Esperanto avizo
- avizoact of notifying
Estonian teadaanne, teade
- teadaanneact of notifying
- teadea specific piece of information serving to notify
Finnish tiedoksianto, tiedonanto
- tiedoksiantoact of notifying
- tiedonantoa specific piece of information serving to notify
French notification, notification
- notificationact of notifying
- notificationa specific piece of information serving to notify
- renseignementa specific piece of information serving to notify
German Benachrichtigung, Nachricht
- Benachrichtigungact of notifying
- Nachrichta specific piece of information serving to notify
Greek γνωστοποίηση, ειδοποίηση
- γνωστοποίηση (gnostopoíisi)a specific piece of information serving to notify
- ειδοποίηση (eidopoíisi)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Hebrew הוֹדָעָה
- הוֹדָעָה (hoda'á)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Hindi अनुज्ञापन, ज्ञापन
- अनुज्ञापन (anujñāpan)act of notifying
- ज्ञापन (jñāpan)act of notifying
- अनुज्ञापन (anujñāpan)a specific piece of information serving to notify
- विज्ञप्ति (vijñapti)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Hungarian értesítés, közlés
- értesítésact of notifying
- közlésact of notifying
- értesítésa specific piece of information serving to notify
- értesítőa specific piece of information serving to notify
Icelandic tilkynning, tilkynning
- tilkynningact of notifying
- tilkynninga specific piece of information serving to notify
Indonesian notifikasi, notifikasi
- notifikasiact of notifying
- notifikasia specific piece of information serving to notify
Italian notificazione
- notificazioneact of notifying
Japanese 通知, お知らせ
- 通知 (tsūchi)act of notifying
- お知らせ (o-shirase)a specific piece of information serving to notify
- 通知 (tsūchi)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Korean 통지, 통지
- 통지 (tongji)act of notifying
- 통지 (tongji)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Latin notificatio
- notificatioact of notifying
Latvian paziņojums
- paziņojumsact of notifying
Lithuanian pranešimas
- pranešimasact of notifying
Māori whakaaturanga, whakaaturanga
- whakaaturangaact of notifying
- whakaaturangaa specific piece of information serving to notify
- kupu whakaatua specific piece of information serving to notify
Norwegian Bokmål melding, varsel
- meldingact of notifying
- varsela specific piece of information serving to notify
- meldinga specific piece of information serving to notify
Polish powiadomienie
- powiadomieniea specific piece of information serving to notify
Portuguese notificação, notificação
- notificaçãoact of notifying
- notificaçãoa specific piece of information serving to notify
- avisoa specific piece of information serving to notify
Romanian notificare, notificațiune
- notificareact of notifying
- notificațiuneact of notifying
- notificațieact of notifying
- notificarea specific piece of information serving to notify
Russian уведомле́ние, оповеще́ние
- уведомле́ние (uvedomlénije)act of notifying
- оповеще́ние (opoveščénije)act of notifying
- извеще́ние (izveščénije)a specific piece of information serving to notify
- уведомле́ние (uvedomlénije)a specific piece of information serving to notify
- сообще́ние (soobščénije)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Scottish Gaelic fios
- fiosact of notifying
Slovak oznámenie
- oznámenieact of notifying
Spanish notificación
- notificaciónact of notifying
Swedish anmälan, kungörelse
- anmälanact of notifying
- kungörelseact of notifying
- kungörelsea specific piece of information serving to notify
- meddelandea specific piece of information serving to notify
Tagalog abiso, pagpapaunawa
- abisoact of notifying
- pagpapaunawaact of notifying
- notipikasyonact of notifying
- notipikasyona specific piece of information serving to notify
Thai การแจ้งเตือน
- การแจ้งเตือน (gaan-gaan-jɛ̂ɛng)act of notifying
Turkish bildirme, bilgilendirme
- bildirmeact of notifying
- bilgilendirmeact of notifying
- tebliğ etmeact of notifying
- haber vermeact of notifying
- notifikasyonact of notifying
- bildiria specific piece of information serving to notify
- ihtara specific piece of information serving to notify
- tebliğa specific piece of information serving to notify
- notifikasyona specific piece of information serving to notify
Ukrainian спові́щення, повідо́млення
- спові́щення (spovíščennja)act of notifying
- повідо́млення (povidómlennja)act of notifying
- оголо́шення (oholóšennja)act of notifying
- звідо́млення (zvidómlennja)act of notifying
- спові́щення (spovíščennja)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Urdu اِطِّلَاع, اِعْلان
- اِطِّلَاع (ittilā')act of notifying
- اِعْلان (i'lān)a specific piece of information serving to notify
Yiddish אַוויז
- אַוויז (aviz)act of notifying
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with notification
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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Cite this entry
APA
notification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/notification
MLA
“notification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/notification. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “notification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/notification.
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