Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ANNOUNCE
announce, declare
(verb) announce publicly or officially; “The President declared war”
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
(verb) foreshadow or presage
announce, denote
(verb) make known; make an announcement; “She denoted her feelings clearly”
announce
(verb) give the names of; “He announced the winners of the spelling bee”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
announce (third-person singular simple present announces, present participle announcing, simple past and past participle announced)
(transitive) to give public notice, especially for the first time; to make known
Synonyms: proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate
(transitive) to pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence
Synonyms: abjudicate, judge
Synonyms
• See also announce
Source: Wiktionary
An*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing.] Etym: [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.]
1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin.
2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. Publish laws, announce Or life or death. Prior.
Syn.
– To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate.
– To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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