Announce

//əˈnaʊns// verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known. transitive

    "Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts."

  2. 2
    announce publicly or officially wordnet
  3. 3
    To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. transitive

    "Publish laws, announce / Or life or death."

  4. 4
    foreshadow or presage wordnet
  5. 5
    To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports). US, transitive

    "Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games."

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  1. 6
    make known; make an announcement wordnet
  2. 7
    To act or work as an announcer. US, intransitive

    "Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces."

  3. 8
    give the names of wordnet

Synonyms

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declareheraldproclaimmake knownpostproclaim

Example

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"The mayor will shortly announce his decision to resign."

Etymology

From Old French anoncier, from Latin annūntiāre, from ad + nūntiō (“report, relate”), from nūntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio, and compare with annunciate.

Related phrases

back announceback-announceknock-and-announcepre-announce

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