announce
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announce
- /əˈnaʊns/ UK
- /əˈnaʊn(t)s/ US
Rhymes with -aʊns
Where it comes from
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-.
verb announces · announcing · announced · announce
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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.
Similar: proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate, sound, intimate
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To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.
Similar: adjudicate, judge
- To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports). Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.
- To act or work as an announcer. Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.
Similar: announce, forerun, blare, declare, disclose, herald, impart, make known, publish, proclaim, promulgate, promulge · Opposite: withhold
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: annunciate, denote, declare, herald, harbinger, foretell, promulgate, tell, report, communicate, declaring, indicate, inform, proclamation, announcement, proclaim
Translations
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verb give public notice
| Español | anunciar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 발표(發表)하다 balpyohada, 공포(公布)하다 gongpohada |
| 日本語 | 発表する happyō-suru, 知らせる shiraseru |
| 中文 | 通告 tōnggào, 公布 gōngbù, 公告 gōnggào, 宣布 xuānbù |
| Kiswahili | kutangaza |
| Português | anunciar |
| Français | annoncer |
| Deutsch | ankündigen, verkünden, bekanntgeben, verkündigen, verlauten |
| Italiano | annunciare, segnalare |
| Ελληνικά | ανακοινώνω anakoinóno, αναγγέλλω anangéllo |
| Română | anunța, vesti |
| Русский | объявля́ть obʺjavljátʹ, объяви́ть obʺjavítʹ, сообща́ть soobščátʹ, сообщи́ть soobščítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thông báo |
| العربية | أَعْلَنَ ʔaʕlana |
| עברית | הוֹדִיעַ hodía |
verb declare by judicial sentence
| Español | declarar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 宣判 xuānpàn |
| Português | pronunciar |
| Deutsch | verkünden, bekanntgeben, bekanntmachen |
| Italiano | pronunciare |
| Русский | оглаша́ть oglašátʹ, объявля́ть obʺjavljátʹ |
| עברית | הוֹדִיעַ hodía |
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title = {announce},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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