announced
adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue
- United States
Having been preceded by an announcement; declared.
adjective
- 1
Having been preceded by an announcement; declared.
But this test's very announced purpose was to measure and evaluate seismic signals at effective distances extending from the point of testing out to all distances where the signal could be detected.
Rational-expectations believers presumably must fall back on unannounced and inappropriate policies (monetary or other) , having declared that announced policies will be discounted ex ante.
Boccherini's textural, lineless music offers many such passages that invite the listener to suppose something "barely announced."
The RCN calls for the CQC to undertake more announced and unannounced inspections, and for staffing metrics to be explicitly included within their approach.
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 Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English announced From announce + -ed.
verb
- 1
Also a form of announcesimple past and past participle of announce
Forms
- comparative
- more announced
- superlative
- most announced
announced · Having been preceded by an announcement; declared.
announcement · An act of announcing, or giving notice.announcer · One who makes announcements.annoy · To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated…