NOTIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does notification mean? 

• NOTIFICATION (noun)
  The noun NOTIFICATION has 3 senses:

1. an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative

2. informing by words

3. a request for payment

  Familiarity information: NOTIFICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOTIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

notification; presentment

Hypernyms ("notification" is a kind of...):

due process; due process of law ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Informing by words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

apprisal; notification; telling

Hypernyms ("notification" is a kind of...):

informing; making known (a speech act that conveys information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notification"):

notice (advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract)

warning (notification of something, usually in advance)

Derivation:

notify (inform (somebody) of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A request for payment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

notice; notification

Context example:

the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting

Hypernyms ("notification" is a kind of...):

asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)

Derivation:

notify (inform (somebody) of something)

 Context examples 

A person or organization that is the target of a notification.

(Notification Receiver, NCI Thesaurus)

The actual text that was included in the notification.

(Performed Notification Message, NCI Thesaurus)

The promised notification was hanging over her head.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The text that is to be included in the notification.

(Defined Notification Message, NCI Thesaurus)

Written notification to the FDA that a subject has experienced an adverse event.

(Adverse Drug Experience Report, NCI Thesaurus)

An integer specifying a percentage of target accrual for a study, which when reached triggers a notification.

(Planned Notification Study Accrual Threshold Percent, NCI Thesaurus)

An integer specifying a percentage of target accrual at a particular study site, which when reached triggers a notification.

(Planned Notification Study Site Accrual Threshold Percent, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to head circumference measurement, which is the primary criterion for microcephaly notification, other malformations resulting from the infection will be investigated.

(Brazil: Babies of mothers infected with Zika will be monitored for up to 3 years, Agência Brasil)

A medical device that is exempt from FDA premarket notification requirements.

(Exempt Device, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying how the notification message is to be delivered.

(Defined Notification Delivery Mechanism Code, NCI Thesaurus)