Notified

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Made aware of information or an event
2. Given formal or official information about something
3. Alerted to a situation or occurrence

Etymology: "Notified" is the past tense and past participle of "notify," a verb meaning to inform someone formally or officially. The verb entered Middle English from Old French "notifier," which in turn came from Latin "notificare," a combination of "notus," meaning "known," and "facere," meaning "to make" or "to do." Put together, the word literally means "to make known." The Latin root "notus" also gave English "note," "notice," and "notion," so "notify" belongs to a family of words all built around the idea of knowing and making things known. The original sense was broad, covering any act of making something known, and the formal, official flavour that the verb carries today developed over time as it came to be used for announcements to authorities, employers, and the public.

Synonyms: informed, apprised, alerted, advised, warned

Antonyms: uninformed, ignorant, unaware, oblivious