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Added 9 October 2026

notification

/ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ noun

In Latin: notificatio Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about notification at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act of notifying.
A specific piece of information that serves to notify.
A 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.

Origin

From Middle French notification, from Old French notificacion, from Latin nōtificātiō.

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