announce
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French anoncier, from Latin annuntiare, from ad + nūntiō (“report, relate”), from nūntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio, and compare with annunciate.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
announce (third-person singular simple present announces, present participle announcing, simple past and past participle announced)
- (transitive) To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
- (Can we date this quote?) Her [Q. Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. — Gilpin.
- (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
- (Can we date this quote?) Publish laws, announce Or life or death. — Prior.
Synonyms [edit]
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- proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate
Translations [edit]
to give public notice, or first notice of
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to pronounce; declare by judicial sentence
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References [edit]
- announce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
