verb phrase · informal

turn on notifications

UK/tɜːn ɒn ˌnəʊ.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/US/tɜrn ɑn ˌnoʊ.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/turn on no·ti·fi·CA·tions

Band 5-6speakingtask2

to allow an app or service to send alerts to your device

Examples

“I turned on notifications for the news app so I don't miss headlines.”

“You can turn on notifications in the app's settings.”

“She prefers to keep notifications off while studying.”

Band 8 sentence

“I usually turn on notifications for calendar events but mute social apps when I'm working.”

Collocations

  • turn on notifications

Word family

notification nounnotify verb

Common mistakes

open notifications→turn on notifications

check notifications→turn on notifications

Say it for a higher band

5open notifications→6enable notifications→7+turn on notifications

Synonyms

enable notifications

Easily confused

check notifications

“I checked my notifications and replied to three messages.”

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