What does announce mean?

Definitions for announce
əˈnaʊnsan·nounce

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. announce, denoteverb

    make known; make an announcement

    "She denoted her feelings clearly"

  2. announce, declareverb

    announce publicly or officially

    "The President declared war"

  3. announceverb

    give the names of

    "He announced the winners of the spelling bee"

  4. announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, heraldverb

    foreshadow or presage

Wiktionary

  1. announceverb

    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. announceverb

    To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

    Publish laws, announce Or life or death. Prior.

  3. Etymology: From anoncier, from annuntiare, from ad + nuntio, from nuntius. See nuncio, and compare with annunciate.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Announceverb

    Etymology: annoucer, Fr. annuncio, Lat.

    Of the Messiah I have heard foretold
    By all the prophets; of thy birth at length
    Announc’d by Gabriel with the first I knew. Paradise Reg.

    Those, mighty Jove, mean time, thy glorious care,
    Who model nations, publish laws, announce
    Or life or death. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPT

  1. announce

    To announce means to make something publicly known, often in a formal or official manner. This includes sharing information, news, events, decisions, or plans to a group, crowd, society, or the public, typically through various forms of media or communication.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Announceverb

    to give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim

  2. Announceverb

    to pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Announce

    an-nowns′, v.t. to declare: to give public notice of: to make known.—n. Announce′ment. [O. Fr. anoncer—L. annuntiāread, to, nunti, -āre, to deliver news.]

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    Rank popularity for the word 'announce' in Verbs Frequency: #176

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of announce in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of announce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of announce in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    Thank you very much, my fellow Americans. I am proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government.

  2. James Green:

    The likely real driver is( Pompeo's) speech on Thursday at the Nixon Library on China, it culminates a month of China speeches by National Security Advisor O'Brien, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Attorney General Barr. Having something big to announce or explain will give the speech more' umph'.

  3. Dana Walden:

    It’s a little bit early to be talking about that, we are very happy with the creative on both of those shows but we don’t have anything to announce.

  4. Allan Berliant:

    I think the big takeaway from my conversations has been a general feeling amongst the network of which I ’m a part that Hillary Clinton should hurry up and announce.

  5. Dwayne Johnson:

    Deeply humbled to announce we’re bringing the beautiful story of MOANA to the live action big screen.

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