announce

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French anoncier, from Latin annuntiare, from ad + nūntiō (report, relate), from nūntius (messenger, bearer of news). See nuncio, and compare with annunciate.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to announce

Third person singular
announces

Simple past
announced

Past participle
announced

Present participle
announcing

to announce (third-person singular simple present announces, present participle announcing, simple past and past participle announced)

  1. (transitive) To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
    (A date for this quote is being sought): Her [Q. Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. — Gilpin.
  2. (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
    (A date for this quote is being sought): Publish laws, announce Or life or death. — Prior.

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