notify
verb
no·ti·fy
ˈnō-tə-ˌfī 
notified; notifying
1
: to give formal notice to
notify a family of the death of a relation
She notified the police about the accident.
2
: to give notice of or report the occurrence of
He notified his intention to sue.
She notified my arrival to the governor.
3
obsolete
: to point out
Examples of notify in a Sentence
Customers were notified of the changes in the company.
I was notified that I did not get the job.
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Employees affected by the central office actions were notified Friday, officials said.
—
Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
The War Powers Act of 1973 requires a president to notify Congress within 48 hours of military action if there is no declaration of war.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
In May, the U.S. passed the Take It Down Act, which criminalizes nonconsensual deepfake imagery and mandates social media companies to remove such material from their platforms 48 hours after they are notified of the deepfake.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 27 June 2025
The Canadian government was notified of Noviello’s death on Thursday, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand said in a statement.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
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Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
The War Powers Act of 1973 requires a president to notify Congress within 48 hours of military action if there is no declaration of war.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
In May, the U.S. passed the Take It Down Act, which criminalizes nonconsensual deepfake imagery and mandates social media companies to remove such material from their platforms 48 hours after they are notified of the deepfake.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 27 June 2025
The Canadian government was notified of Noviello’s death on Thursday, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand said in a statement.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
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notify
verb
no·ti·fy
ˈnōt-ə-ˌfī
notified; notifying
: to give notice to : inform
notify the police
Medical Definition
notify
transitive verb
no·ti·fy
ˈnōt-ə-ˌfī
notified; notifying
1
British
: to report the occurrence of (a case of communicable disease) or the occurrence of communicable disease in (an individual)
all cases of disease should be notified by the treating consultant—Practitioner
Practitioner2
: to give formal notice to
the Broward County Public Health Unit … was notified of three children … hospitalized with encephalitis attributed to cat scratch disease—The Journal of the American Medical Association
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