announce
Other forms: announced; announcing; announces
Announce means to make something public. Companies announce the release of new products, parents announce the marriages of their children, and school administrators announce changes to the day's schedule over the PA.
Announce has some subtler meanings as well—you might inadvertently announce your attention to go for the basket by looking at it during a game. You might very intentionally announce that you are never eating pizza again, if you want everyone you know to be aware of this.
Definitions of announce
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make known; make an announcement
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synonyms:
denote
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types:
- show 18 types...
- hide 18 types...
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denounce
announce the termination of, as of treaties
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meld
announce for a score; of cards in a card game
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report
announce one's presence
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report
announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
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blazon out, cry
proclaim or announce in public
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trump, trump out
proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
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blare out, blat out
announce loudly
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call out
call out loudly, as of names or numbers
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advertise, advertize, publicise, publicize
call attention to
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post
publicize with, or as if with, a poster
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sound
announce by means of a sound
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check in, sign in
announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports
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check out
announce one's departure from a hotel
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clock off, clock out, punch out
register one's departure from work
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count off
call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function
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headline
publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
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ballyhoo
advertize noisily or blatantly
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bill, placard
publicize or announce by placards
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type of:
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inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
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announce publicly or officially
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synonyms:
declare
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types:
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promulgate
put a law into effect by formal declaration
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promulgate
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give the names of
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foreshadow or presage
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synonyms:
annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald
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type of:
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tell
let something be known
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tell
Pronunciation
US
/əˈnaʊns/
UK
/əˈnaʊns/
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