English Explanatory Dictionary

announce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
  2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
  3. To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).
  4. To act or work as an announcer.

Pronunciation

ə-nouns' /əˈnaʊns/ ə-noun(t)s' /əˈnaʊn(t)s/ en-us-announce.ogg

Word forms

announce announces announcing announced no-table-tags glossary announcest announcedst announceth

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce From Old French anoncier, from Latin annūntiāre, from ad + nūntiō (“report, relate”), from nūntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio. Doublet of annunciate. See also an-.

Synonyms

announce forerun blare declare disclose herald impart make known publish proclaim promulgate promulge sound adjudicate judge

Antonyms

withhold

Derived words

announceable announcement announcer back announce back-announce foreannounce knock-and-announce preannounce pre-announce reannounce unannounced
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