Announcement

//əˈnaʊns.mənt// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of announcing, or giving notice.

    "He raised his hand to make his announcement and said, "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make.""

  2. 2
    a formal public statement wordnet
  3. 3
    That which conveys what is announced.

    "This announcement was made during the first training session."

  4. 4
    a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen wordnet
  5. 5
    The content which is announced.

    "The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger."

Synonyms

All synonyms
proclamationproclamationpublicationaccountacquaintancead

Example

More examples

"Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring."

Etymology

From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce + -ment.

Related phrases

back announcementpre-announcementpublic service announcementclassified adsnew birth

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