Announce

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make known publicly.
  • v. To proclaim the presence or arrival of: announce a caller.
  • v. To provide an indication of beforehand; foretell: The invention of the microchip announced a new generation of computers.
  • v. To serve as an announcer for: announce a football game on TV.
  • verb-intransitive. To declare one's candidacy: was declared the front-runner even before she announced.
  • verb-intransitive. To serve as an announcer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
  • v. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
  • v. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make known formally; proclaim or make public; publish; give notice of: as, the birth of Christ was announced by an angel.
  • To state or intimate the approach, arrival, or presence of.
  • To make known, indicate, or make manifest to the mind or senses.
  • To pronounce; declare by judicial sentence.
  • Synonyms Declare, Announce, Proclaim, Publish, Promulgate; to make known, communicate, advertise, report. To declare is to make clear, so that there will be no mistake, to many or to few: as, to declare war. To announce is to make known, in a formal or official way, to many or to few; it is the only one of these words that sometimes has the meaning of making known the approach or future appearance of: as, to announce a new book. To proclaim is to announce to all, with an endeavor to force it upon general knowledge: when war has been declared, it is often proclaimed; so, also, it is usual to proclaim a blockade. To publish is to make public: as, to publish the bans. It may be orally or in print, or it may be to satisfy a legal requirement: as, to publish a law. To promulgate is to publish what is of concern to many, but hitherto has been known to few: as, to promulgate an opinion, to promulgate the gospel, or officially to promulgate a law or edict.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make known; make an announcement
  • v. announce publicly or officially
  • v. give the names of
  • v. foreshadow or presage
  • Antonym
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    Verb Form
    announced    announces    announcing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    identify    name    tell   
    Cross Reference
    proclaim   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    publish    proclaim    pronounce    advertize    intimate    declare    tell    herald    bruit    notify   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bounce    denounce    flounce    mispronounce    ounce    pounce    pronounce    renounce    trounce