announcement

For Wiktionary's announcements, see Wiktionary:Announcements

English

Etymology

announce +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈnaʊs.mɛnt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

announcement (plural announcements)

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."

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.

Synonyms

• proclamation
• publication

Translations

announcement

Arabic: اعلام (ar) (i`laam) m., إعلان (ar) Bulgarian: съобщение (bg), обявление (bg) Chinese: 公告 (cmn) (gōnggào), 發表 (cmn), 发表 (cmn) (fābiǎo) Czech: oznámení (cs) n. Dutch: aankondiging (nl) f. Esperanto: anoncado (eo) Ewe: gbeƒãɖeɖe Finnish: ilmoitus (fi) French: annonce (fr) f. German: Ankündigung (de) f. Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f. (1,2,3), αγγελτήριο (el) n. (2)

Hebrew: הודעה (hoda'a) f. Italian: annuncio (it) m. Japanese: 発表 (happyō); お知らせ (oshirase) Korean: 발표 (balpyo) Oriya: ବିଜ୍ଞପ୍ତି (or) Polish: ogłoszenie n. Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m. Romanian: anunț (ro) Russian: объявление (ru) (ob”javlénije) n. Spanish: anuncio (es) m.

References

• announcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “announcement” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.