announce
//əˈnaʊns//
Forms
- present (v1)
- announce
- past (v2)
- announced
- past participle (v3)
- announced
- present participle
- announcing
- 3rd person singular
- announces
Definitions
1.To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
- Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
- Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.
2.To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
- Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.
3.To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).
- Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.
4.To act or work as an announcer.
- Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1229
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
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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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō