announce
pronunciation
How to pronounce announce in British English:
UK [əˈnaʊns]
How to pronounce announce in American English:
US [əˈnaʊns]
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- Verb:
- make known; make an announcement
- announce publicly or officially
- give the names of
- foreshadow or presage
Word Origin
- announce
- announce: see pronounce
- announce (v.)
- c. 1500, "proclaim, make known," from Old French anoncier "announce, proclaim" (12c., Modern French annoncer), from Latin annuntiare, adnuntiare "to announce, relate," literally "to bring news," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + nuntiare "relate, report," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio). Related: Announced; announcing.
Example
- 1. But the authorities are reluctant to announce bad news .
- 2. But he has yet to announce priorities or strategies .
- 3. Finally , why announce office 2010 at a worldwide partner conference ?
- 4. Night after night , french television news seems to announce yet more job losses and factory closures .
- 5. Theoretically , some of this disadvantage is offset by a rule requiring companies to announce meaningful events .