announce

verbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//əˈnaʊns//
United States//əˈnaʊn(t)s//

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

verb

1
To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.
The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
2
To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.
3
To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).
Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.
4
To act or work as an announcer.
Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce From Old French anoncier, from Latin annūntiāre, from ad + nūntiō (“report, relate”), from nūntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio. Doublet of annunciate. See also an-.

Forms

past tense: announced
past participle: announced
present participle: announcing
third person singular: announces

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announce · To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.

announced · Having been preceded by an announcement; declared.announcement · An act of announcing, or giving notice.announcer · One who makes announcements.

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