Notify
Meaning of Notify
To tell someone formally about something.
ما معنى كلمة Notify بالعربي؟
يُخطر أو يُبلغ
📢📧 يُخطر أو يُبلغ؛ يُعلم شخصاً بشيء مُهم؛ فعل إخبار شخص رسمياً أو غير رسمياً بحدوث أمر مُهم أو تغيير مُعين 📧✉️
قصة GL: يُخطر أو يُبلغ نايف الفريق الطبي بكل تحسن في ذاكرته - يُعلم شخصاً بشيء مُهم يومياً، فعل الإخبار ساعد في توثيق المعجزة العلمية 📋
Notify in a sentence
Investigators must notify the ethics board of changes.
Managers notify clients of delays.
The owner must notify the registry of a transfer.
Teachers notify parents of events.
Origin of Notify
From Old French notifier, from Latin notificare 'to make known'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, notify is a formal step. Genetic Invent will notify participants of any protocol change.
Notify audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Notify" — verb, pronounced /ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ/, with the stress on "no".
Narrator: To notify is to officially tell someone about something.
Narrator: In plain English, it means let someone know.
Narrator: It comes from Latin notificare, to make known.
Narrator: A common collocation is "notify the police", which describes formally reporting something.
Narrator: It differs from "tell", because notify is formal and official.
Narrator: In a second sense, apps notify you with alerts.
Narrator: Law, workplaces, apps and healthcare all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: notify means inform officially.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: What happens if my flight changes?
Speaker B: The airline will NOTIFY you! From Latin notificare.
Speaker A: By email?
Speaker B: And text.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Notify us of any change of address", forms. "Winners will be notified", competitions. "Notify me when it's back in stock", shopping.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Say "notify someone of something", not "notify to someone".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Inform is its twin, alert its cousin, and advise an alternative — yet notify keeps its official charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "notify" in AI prompts — useful for workflows and e-commerce.
Speaker A: How for workflows?
Speaker B: Automation.
Prompt: Notify the manager by email when an expense over five hundred pounds is submitted.
Speaker A: And shops?
Speaker B: Stock.
Prompt: Add a notify me button for out-of-stock products.
Speaker A: Could it help grammar?
Speaker B: Yes, for patterns.
Prompt: Correct notify to into notify of in these sentences.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Security.
Prompt: Notify users by email when their password changes.
Frequently asked questions about Notify
What does Notify mean?
To tell someone formally about something.
ما معنى كلمة Notify بالعربي؟
يُخطر أو يُبلغ — 📢📧 يُخطر أو يُبلغ؛ يُعلم شخصاً بشيء مُهم؛ فعل إخبار شخص رسمياً أو غير رسمياً بحدوث أمر مُهم أو تغيير مُعين 📧✉️
How do you pronounce Notify?
Notify is pronounced /ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ/ and is used as a verb.
How is Notify used in a sentence?
Investigators must notify the ethics board of changes.
What are synonyms of Notify?
inform, advise, tell, alert, warn, report to.