verb

notify

to notify, to inform, to report

Please notify us of any change of address.

Please notify us of any change of address.

The school will notify parents if there is a problem.

The school will notify parents if there is a problem.

((sb.)) ((of/about sth.)) to formally tell someone about something Please notify us of any change of address.

((sb.)) ((that ...)) to formally tell someone that something has happened They notified her that she got the job.

Synonyms: inform, tell, advise, alert

From Latin 'notus' (known) + 'facere' (to make). Literally 'to make known'.

To 'notify' someone is to give them a 'note' with information. It's more formal than 'tell'.

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