notification
part of speech
noun (notification, notifications); from the verb notify
meaning for a pupil
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 →
2) (formal) The act of officially telling someone about something, or the letter that does this. tree →
sense 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 →
- Turn off notifications before you start your homework. tree →
- I got a notification that my game had updated. tree →
- Parents received a notification about the school trip. tree →
- The library sent a notification that my book was overdue. tree →
- She has fifty unread notifications. tree →
- Never tap a notification that asks for your password. tree →
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.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «notification» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.