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announce

  • verb
  • an·nounce
  • ə-nouns'

To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.

Other meanings

  1. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

  2. To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).

Synonyms

  • denote

Related words

  • announceable
  • reannounce
  • announcement
  • announcer
  • foreannounce
  • unannounced
  • back announce
  • back-announce
  • knock-and-announce

Word history

From Latin "annuntio" (annūntiāre).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “announce” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.