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# notification

noun (notification, notifications); from the verb notify

«notification» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A message or alert on a phone, tablet or computer telling you that something has happened: a new message, a like, an update. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/#m1)
2. (formal) The act of officially telling someone about something, or the letter that does this. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/#m2)

### In the lessons

Very common in children's digital life: phone notifications, app alerts. In online-safety lessons: turning off notifications at bedtime helps sleep; never open notifications from strangers or tap suspicious links. Formal sense: a school notification about a trip, a written notification of a change. Phrases: «get a notification», «turn off notifications», «push notification», «written notification».

### Examples

- My tablet keeps pinging with notifications. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/#x1)
- Turn off notifications before you start your homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/#x2)
- I got a notification that my game had updated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/#x3)
- Parents received a notification about the school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/#x4)
- The library sent a notification that my book was overdue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/#x5)
- She has fifty unread notifications. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/#x6)
- Never tap a notification that asks for your password. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a notification, notifications. Built from «notify» (y → i + -cation). Everyday short form: «notif» (slang). Too many notifications can distract you; settings let you control them.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «notification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notification/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«notification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/notification.html) on Mova free.