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announce en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• ə-nouns' (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈnaʊns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• ə-noun(t)s' (US)
• /əˈnaʊn(t)s/ (US)

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-.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
   • 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. 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
   • 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. 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
   • Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. c. 1780, William Gilpin, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain:
2. (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
   • Publish laws, announce / Or life or death. c. 1718, Matthew Prior, First Hymn of Callimachus:
3. (US, transitive) To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).
   • Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.
4. (US, intransitive) To act or work as an announcer.
   • Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.

Forms

Antonyms

withhold

Deriveds

preannounce · announcer · pre-announce · foreannounce · announceable · back-announce · back announce · announcement · unannounced · reannounce · knock-and-announce

Hypernyms

communicate

Hyponyms

divulge

Synonyms

impart · declare · proclaim · promulge · announce · promulgate · sound · blare · make known · intimate · herald · herald · publish · judge · proclaim · adjudicate · declare · disclose · make known · publish · forerun · promulgate

Translations (118)

bg уведомявам (give public notice) · ar أَعْلَنَ (give public notice) · pl ogłosić (give public notice) · be аб'яві́ць (give public notice) · fi julistaa (declare by judicial sentence) · de verlauten (give public notice) · fa علنیدن (give public notice) · be паве́даміць (give public notice) · nb kunngjøre (give public notice) · es anunciar (give public notice) · bg обявявам (give public notice) · hu közöl (give public notice) · de verkünden (give public notice) · ht anonse (give public notice) · mi tauākī (give public notice) · bg съобщавам (give public notice) · th แถลง (give public notice) · ast anunciar (give public notice) · sv annonsera (give public notice) · grc ἀγγέλλω (give public notice) · he הוֹדִיעַ (give public notice) · eo anonci (give public notice) · zza qerar dayen (declare by judicial sentence) · ta அறிவி (give public notice) · fr annoncer (give public notice) · sv avkunna tillkännage (give public notice) · uk проголоси́ти (declare by judicial sentence) · sv tillkännage (declare by judicial sentence) · kk хабарлама беру (give public notice) · sw kutangaza (give public notice) · oc anonciar (give public notice) · it pronunciare (declare by judicial sentence) · arz اعلن (give public notice) · uk заявля́ти (give public notice) · cmn 宣判 (declare by judicial sentence) · hu nyilvánít (declare by judicial sentence) · vi thông báo (give public notice) · de bekanntmachen (declare by judicial sentence) · uk повідомля́ти (give public notice) · ro vesti (give public notice) · nl verkonden (give public notice) · la condīcō (give public notice) · ro anunța (give public notice) · qu willay (give public notice) · ru объявля́ть (give public notice) · ja 知らせる (give public notice) · sa शंसति (give public notice) · ru объявля́ть (declare by judicial sentence) · he הוֹדִיעַ (declare by judicial sentence) · ca anunciar (give public notice) · hu kihirdet (give public notice) · pt anunciar (give public notice) · ang wēman (give public notice) · gl anunciar (give public notice) · be аб'яўля́ць (give public notice) · ru сообща́ть (give public notice) · ko 공포(公布)하다 (give public notice) · th แจ้ง (give public notice) · it segnalare (give public notice) · io anuncar (give public notice) · de verkündigen (give public notice) · cmn 公布 (give public notice) · ru объяви́ть (give public notice) · nl uitspreken (declare by judicial sentence) · el ανακοινώνω (give public notice) · sq njoftoj (give public notice) · pl oznajmić (give public notice) · fi ilmoittaa (give public notice) · th แถลง (declare by judicial sentence) · th ป่าว (give public notice) · uk оголоси́ти (give public notice) · sq shpall (give public notice) · fa اعلام کردن (give public notice) · uk заяви́ти (give public notice) · pt pronunciar (declare by judicial sentence) · pl oznajmiać (give public notice) · be паведамля́ць (give public notice) · hu bejelent (give public notice) · pl ogłaszać (give public notice) · uk проголо́шувати (declare by judicial sentence) · ru оглаша́ть (declare by judicial sentence) · nl declareren (declare by judicial sentence) · ko 발표(發表)하다 (give public notice) · zza anons kerden (give public notice) · fi kuuluttaa (give public notice) · uk оголо́шувати (give public notice) · la annuntiō (give public notice) · de bekanntgeben (declare by judicial sentence) · ln sakola (give public notice) · es declarar (declare by judicial sentence) · cs oznámit (give public notice) · it annunciare (give public notice) · la adnuntiō (give public notice) · cmn 通告 (give public notice) · uk повідо́мити (give public notice) · sv annonsera ut (give public notice) · mfe anonse (give public notice) · el αναγγέλλω (give public notice) · ru сообщи́ть (give public notice) · de verkünden (declare by judicial sentence) · th ประกาศ (declare by judicial sentence) · ckb ڕاگەیاندن (give public notice) · nl verkondigen (give public notice) · ja 発表する (give public notice) · ang bēodan (give public notice) · de ankündigen (give public notice) · nl verklaren (declare by judicial sentence) · pro anunciar (give public notice) · zza êlan (give public notice) · txb āks- (give public notice) · ang ābēodan (give public notice) · cmn 公告 (give public notice) · izh kuuloittaa (give public notice) · th ประกาศ (give public notice) · de bekanntgeben (give public notice) · cmn 宣布 (give public notice) · nl declareren (give public notice) · nl aankondigen (give public notice)