announce
verbUK /əˈnaʊns/ · US /əˈnaʊn(t)s/
Etymology 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-.
1
To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
- 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:
- 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:
1 more example
- 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:
2
To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
- Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.c. 1718, Matthew Prior, First Hymn of Callimachus:
3
US To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).
- Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.
4
US To act or work as an announcer.
- Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.
- Synonyms
- announce, forerun, blare, declare, disclose, herald, impart, make known, publish, proclaim, promulgate, promulge
- Antonyms
- withhold
- Derived terms
- announceable, announcement, announcer, back announce, back-announce, foreannounce, knock-and-announce, preannounce, pre-announce, reannounce, unannounced
- Hypernyms
- communicate
- Hyponyms
- divulge