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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Word of the Day

5 November 2024

TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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