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Narrator: Today's word is "Notification" — noun, pronounced /ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/, with the stress on "ca".
Narrator: A notification is a message or alert telling you that something has happened.
Narrator: In plain English, it is an alert.
Narrator: It comes from Latin notificare, to make known.
Narrator: A common collocation is "push notification", which describes app alerts on your phone.
Narrator: It differs from "reminder", because a notification reports new events, not only planned ones.
Narrator: In a second sense, formal notification is official written notice.
Narrator: Apps, law, business and healthcare all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a notification makes something known.
Speaker A: Why does your phone keep buzzing?
Speaker B: NOTIFICATIONS! From Latin notificare.
Speaker A: Turn them off?
Speaker B: Only the noisy apps.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "I got a notification from the bank", apps. "Written notification of changes", law. "Mute notifications at night", wellbeing.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Too many notifications annoy users, so send only useful ones.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Alert is its cousin, notice its twin, and announcement an alternative — yet notification keeps its buzzing charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "notification" in AI prompts — useful for mobile apps and email systems.
Speaker A: How for apps?
Speaker B: Push.
Prompt: Write friendly push notification text for an order that has been dispatched.
Speaker A: And settings?
Speaker B: Control.
Prompt: Design a notification settings page with daily digest and mute options.
Speaker A: Could it help accessibility?
Speaker B: Yes, for screen readers.
Prompt: Make in-app notifications announced by screen readers.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Legal.
Prompt: Draft a formal notification of a change to terms and conditions.
Notification — meaning in Arabic & definition More N courses GL Dictionary