notify

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US /ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #7159

Meanings

1

verb
To officially tell someone about something.

Please notify us if your address changes.

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1 verb · to officially tell someone... apprise inform

Word family

Forms notifiednotifiesnotifying

Derived forms denotifymisnotifynotifiabilitynotifiableprenotifyrenotifyunnotifiedunnotify

Related forms notificationnotifiernotifyee

Etymology

From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.

notifien Middle English notifier Old French

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# notify

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ
**Frequency rank:** 7159

## Meanings
1. To officially tell someone about something.

## Examples
- Please notify us if your address changes.

## Synonyms
- apprise
- inform

## Derived Forms
- denotify
- misnotify
- notifiability
- notifiable
- prenotify
- renotify
- unnotified
- unnotify

## Related Forms
- notification
- notifier
- notifyee

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: notifien
- Root: notifier

## Etymology
From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.

## AI Etymology
Notify comes from Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier. The historical chain includes notifien (Middle English) and notifier (Old French). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as denotify, misnotify, notifiability, and notifiable and related forms such as notification, notifier, and notifyee. In present use it covers to officially tell someone about something.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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