announcement

nouncommon in dialogue

United States//əˈnaʊns.mənt//

An act of announcing, or giving notice.

noun

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."
Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?
2
That which conveys what is announced.
This announcement was made during the first training session.
3
The content which is announced.
The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: announcements

anniversary · A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a…announce · To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to…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…annoyed · Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an…

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