Meanings
present singular third person announces · participle present announcing · participle past announced · past announced · first person past singular announced · archaic present second person singular announcest · past second person singular announced · archaic past second person singular announcedst · present singular third person announces · archaic present singular third person announceth · past singular third person announced · past plural announced · past subjunctive announced · participle present announcing · participle past announced
- transitiveTo 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.
c. 1780, William Gilpin, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain2 more examples
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.
1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the StringsThe solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55Synonyms: proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate, sound, intimate
- transitiveTo pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.
c. 1718, Matthew Prior, First Hymn of CallimachusSynonyms: adjudicate, judge
- UStransitiveTo act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).
Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.
- USintransitiveTo act or work as an announcer.
Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
verbTo pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Latinnūntius
- Latinnūntiō
- Latinadnūntiō
- Latinannūntiō
- Old Frenchanoncier
- Englishannounce
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-.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀγγέλλω
- ἀγγέλλω (angéllō)give public notice
Arabic أَعْلَنَ
- أَعْلَنَ (ʔaʕlana)give public notice
Bulgarian съобщавам, обявявам
- съобщавам (săobštavam)give public notice
- обявявам (objavjavam)give public notice
- уведомявам (uvedomjavam)give public notice
Catalan anunciar
- anunciargive public notice
Chinese Mandarin 通告, 公布
- 通告 (tōnggào)give public notice
- 公布 (gōngbù)give public notice
- 公告 (gōnggào)give public notice
- 宣布 (xuānbù)give public notice
- 宣判 (xuānpàn)declare by judicial sentence
Czech oznámit
- oznámitgive public notice
Dutch aankondigen, declareren
- aankondigengive public notice
- declarerengive public notice
- verkondengive public notice
- verkondigengive public notice
- declarerendeclare by judicial sentence
- verklarendeclare by judicial sentence
- uitsprekendeclare by judicial sentence
Esperanto anonci
- anoncigive public notice
Finnish ilmoittaa, kuuluttaa
- ilmoittaagive public notice
- kuuluttaagive public notice
- julistaadeclare by judicial sentence
French annoncer
- annoncergive public notice
German ankündigen, verkünden
- ankündigengive public notice
- verkündengive public notice
- bekanntgebengive public notice
- verkündigengive public notice
- verlautengive public notice
- verkündendeclare by judicial sentence
- bekanntgebendeclare by judicial sentence
- bekanntmachendeclare by judicial sentence
Greek ανακοινώνω, αναγγέλλω
- ανακοινώνω (anakoinóno)give public notice
- αναγγέλλω (anangéllo)give public notice
Hebrew הוֹדִיעַ, הוֹדִיעַ
- הוֹדִיעַ (hodía)give public notice
- הוֹדִיעַ (hodía)declare by judicial sentence
Hungarian bejelent, kihirdet
- bejelentgive public notice
- kihirdetgive public notice
- közölgive public notice
- nyilvánítdeclare by judicial sentence
Italian annunciare, segnalare
- annunciaregive public notice
- segnalaregive public notice
- pronunciaredeclare by judicial sentence
Japanese 発表する, 知らせる
- 発表する (happyō-suru)give public notice
- 知らせる (shiraseru)give public notice
Korean 발표(發表)하다, 공포(公布)하다
- 발표(發表)하다 (balpyohada)give public notice
- 공포(公布)하다 (gongpohada)give public notice
Latin adnuntiō, annuntiō
- adnuntiōgive public notice
- annuntiōgive public notice
- condīcōgive public notice
Māori tauākī
- tauākīgive public notice
Norwegian Bokmål kunngjøre
- kunngjøregive public notice
Persian اعلام کردن, علنیدن
- اعلام کردن (e'lâm kardan)give public notice
- علنیدنgive public notice
Polish ogłaszać, ogłosić
- ogłaszaćgive public notice
- ogłosićgive public notice
- oznajmiaćgive public notice
- oznajmićgive public notice
Portuguese anunciar, pronunciar
- anunciargive public notice
- pronunciardeclare by judicial sentence
Romanian anunța, vesti
- anunțagive public notice
- vestigive public notice
Russian объявля́ть, объяви́ть
- объявля́ть (obʺjavljátʹ)give public notice
- объяви́ть (obʺjavítʹ)give public notice
- сообща́ть (soobščátʹ)give public notice
- сообщи́ть (soobščítʹ)give public notice
- оглаша́ть (oglašátʹ)declare by judicial sentence
- объявля́ть (obʺjavljátʹ)declare by judicial sentence
Spanish anunciar, declarar
- anunciargive public notice
- declarardeclare by judicial sentence
Swahili kutangaza
- kutangazagive public notice
Swedish avkunna tillkännage, annonsera
- avkunna tillkännagegive public notice
- annonseragive public notice
- annonsera utgive public notice
- tillkännagedeclare by judicial sentence
Tamil அறிவி
- அறிவி (aṟivi)give public notice
Thai ประกาศ, แถลง
- ประกาศ (bprà-gàat)give public notice
- แถลง (tà-lɛ̌ɛng)give public notice
- แจ้ง (jɛ̂ɛng)give public notice
- ป่าว (bpàao)give public notice
- ประกาศ (bprà-gàat)declare by judicial sentence
- แถลง (tà-lɛ̌ɛng)declare by judicial sentence
Ukrainian оголо́шувати, оголоси́ти
- оголо́шувати (oholóšuvaty)give public notice
- оголоси́ти (oholosýty)give public notice
- заявля́ти (zajavljáty)give public notice
- заяви́ти (zajavýty)give public notice
- повідомля́ти (povidomljáty)give public notice
- повідо́мити (povidómyty)give public notice
- проголо́шувати (proholóšuvaty)declare by judicial sentence
- проголоси́ти (proholosýty)declare by judicial sentence
Vietnamese thông báo
- thông báogive public notice
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with announce
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announce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/announce
“announce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/announce. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “announce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/announce.
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