Definitions for announce
əˈnaʊnsan·nounce

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Announceverb

   Etymology: annoucer, Fr. annuncio, Lat.

   1. To publish; to proclaim.

   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.

   2. To pronounce; to declare by a judicial sentence.

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

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Announce

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

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce announce?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say announce in sign language?

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. Incumbent Goodluck Jonathan:

   I want to urge all Nigerians to also wait patiently for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to collate and announce results, fellow Nigerians, I urge you to exercise patience and vigilance as we wait for all results to be announced.

2. Melvin Watt:

   I can confirm that we plan to announce the Release 1 timeline in 2016. We also hope to be able to announce the Release 2 timeline next year.

3. Benny Gantz:

   Naftali Bennett, I know that you're a person of values. I know that Israel is important to you... You must announce today that you are joining a pro-change government and that you support the presidential mandate being granted to Yair Lapid... You are a person of values. Don't let Benjamin Netanyahu trample you.

4. Safarrah Lawson:

   Baltimore Ravens’s with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jaylon Ferguson. The family asks for your prayers and privacy during this trying time.

5. Nicholas Smith:

   The selling that we're seeing this morning has been pretty tepid, i think we're pretty much done with the serious downward pressure we've seen and it would be a fairly dangerous time to be short on the market with so many Japanese companies poised to announce share buybacks.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=announce
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Announce
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=announce
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/announce
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=announce
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=announce