Meanings
nounannouncement (plural announcements)
plural announcements
- An act of announcing, or giving notice.
He raised his hand to make his announcement and said, "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."
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Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?
2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68 - That which conveys what is announced.
This announcement was made during the first training session.
- The content which is announced.
The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
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Origin
- Middle Frenchannoncement
- Englishannouncement
From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce + -ment.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِعْلَان, بَلَاغ
- إِعْلَان (ʔiʕlān)that which conveys what is announced
- بَلَاغ (balāḡ)that which conveys what is announced
- إِبْلَاغ (ʔiblāḡ)that which conveys what is announced
Bengali এলান, এলান
- এলান (elan)act
- এলান (elan)that which conveys what is announced
Bulgarian обявя́ване, обя́ва
- обявя́ване (objavjávane)act
- обя́ва (objáva)that which conveys what is announced
- обявле́ние (objavlénie)that which conveys what is announced
- съобще́ние (săobšténie)that which conveys what is announced
- ано́нс (anóns)that which conveys what is announced
Catalan anunci
- anuncithat which conveys what is announced
Chinese Cantonese 公告, 發表 /发表
- 公告 (gung¹ gou³)that which conveys what is announced
- 發表 /发表 (faat³ biu²)that which conveys what is announced
Chinese Mandarin 公告, 發表 /发表
- 公告 (gōnggào)that which conveys what is announced
- 發表 /发表 (fābiǎo)that which conveys what is announced
Czech oznámení
- oznámeníthat which conveys what is announced
Danish bekendtgørelse
- bekendtgørelsethat which conveys what is announced
Dutch bekendmaking, aankondiging
- bekendmakingthat which conveys what is announced
- aankondigingthat which conveys what is announced
Esperanto anoncilo
- anoncilothat which conveys what is announced
Estonian teadaanne, teade
- teadaanneact
- teadethat which conveys what is announced
- teadaannethat which conveys what is announced
- kuulutusthat which conveys what is announced
Finnish ilmoitus, tiedottaminen
- ilmoitusact
- tiedottaminenact
- ilmoitusthat which conveys what is announced
- tiedotusthat which conveys what is announced
- ilmoituscontent
- tiedotuscontent
French annoncement, annonce
- annoncementact
- annoncethat which conveys what is announced
German Ankündigung, Durchsage
- Ankündigungact
- Durchsageact
- Bekanntmachungthat which conveys what is announced
- Mitteilungthat which conveys what is announced
- Ankündigungthat which conveys what is announced
Greek ανακοίνωση, ανακοίνωση
- ανακοίνωση (anakoínosi)act
- ανακοίνωση (anakoínosi)that which conveys what is announced
- αγγελτήριο (angeltírio)that which conveys what is announced
- ανακοίνωση (anakoínosi)content
Hebrew הוֹדָעָה, הַכְרָזָה
- הוֹדָעָה (hoda'á)that which conveys what is announced
- הַכְרָזָה (hakhrazá)that which conveys what is announced
Hindi इश्तहार, घोषणा
- इश्तहार (iśtahār)that which conveys what is announced
- घोषणा (ghoṣṇā)that which conveys what is announced
- एलान (elān)that which conveys what is announced
Hungarian bejelentés, kihirdetés
- bejelentésact
- kihirdetésact
- közleménythat which conveys what is announced
- hirdetménythat which conveys what is announced
- bejelentésthat which conveys what is announced
- közleménycontent
- bejelentéscontent
Icelandic tilkynning
- tilkynningthat which conveys what is announced
Indonesian pengumuman, pemberitahuan
- pengumumancontent
- pemberitahuancontent
- pemaklumancontent
Italian annuncio, annuncio
- annuncioact
- annunciothat which conveys what is announced
- annunciocontent
Japanese 発表, お知らせ
- 発表 (happyō)that which conveys what is announced
- お知らせ (oshirase)that which conveys what is announced
- 公告 (kōkoku)that which conveys what is announced
- 広告 (kōkoku)that which conveys what is announced
Korean 발표, 공고
- 발표 (balpyo)that which conveys what is announced
- 공고 (gonggo)that which conveys what is announced
Latvian paziņojums
- paziņojumsthat which conveys what is announced
Lithuanian paviešinimas, paskelbimas
- paviešinimasthat which conveys what is announced
- paskelbimasthat which conveys what is announced
- pranešimasthat which conveys what is announced
Malay pemberitahuan, pengumuman
- pemberitahuanact
- pengumumanact
- pemaklumanact
- pemberitahuanthat which conveys what is announced
- pengumumanthat which conveys what is announced
- perisytiharanthat which conveys what is announced
- pemberitahuancontent
- pengumumancontent
- maklumancontent
- pernyataancontent
Māori whakapuakanga, pānuitanga
- whakapuakangaact
- pānuitangathat which conveys what is announced
Norwegian Bokmål kunngjøring, anmeldelse
- kunngjøringthat which conveys what is announced
- anmeldelsethat which conveys what is announced
- bekjentgørelsethat which conveys what is announced
Polish ogłoszenie, anons
- ogłoszenieact
- anonsact
- uniwersałact
- ogłoszeniethat which conveys what is announced
- obwieszczeniethat which conveys what is announced
- anonsthat which conveys what is announced
- awizacjathat which conveys what is announced
- anonscontent
Portuguese anúncio, pronunciamento
- anúncioact
- pronunciamentoact
- anúnciothat which conveys what is announced
- anúnciocontent
Romanian anunț, anunț
- anunțact
- anunțthat which conveys what is announced
Russian объявле́ние, оповеще́ние
- объявле́ние (obʺjavlénije)act
- оповеще́ние (opoveščénije)act
- объявле́ние (obʺjavlénije)that which conveys what is announced
- ано́нс (anóns)that which conveys what is announced
- сообще́ние (soobščénije)that which conveys what is announced
- объявле́ние (obʺjavlénije)content
Slovak oznámenie
- oznámeniethat which conveys what is announced
Spanish anuncio, anunciamiento
- anuncioact
- anunciamientoact
- anunciothat which conveys what is announced
- anunciacióncontent
- anunciamientocontent
- anunciocontent
Swahili tangazo, tangazo
- tangazoact
- tangazothat which conveys what is announced
Swedish kungörelse
- kungörelsethat which conveys what is announced
Tagalog anunsiyo, anunsiyo
- anunsiyothat which conveys what is announced
- anunsiyocontent
Tamil அறிவிப்பு, அறிவிப்பு
- அறிவிப்பு (aṟivippu)act
- அறிவிப்பு (aṟivippu)content
Thai การประกาศ, การประกาศ
- การประกาศ (gaan-bprà-gàat)act
- การประกาศ (gaan-bprà-gàat)that which conveys what is announced
Turkish ilan, beyan
- ilanact
- beyanact
- duyuruact
- ilanthat which conveys what is announced
- beyanthat which conveys what is announced
- anonsthat which conveys what is announced
- ilancontent
- beyancontent
Ukrainian оголо́шення, об'я́ва
- оголо́шення (oholóšennja)act
- об'я́ва (obʺjáva)that which conveys what is announced
- оголо́шення (oholóšennja)that which conveys what is announced
- ано́нс (anóns)that which conveys what is announced
Urdu اِعْلان, اِشْتِہار
- اِعْلان (i'lān)that which conveys what is announced
- اِشْتِہار (iśtihār)that which conveys what is announced
Vietnamese thông báo
- thông báothat which conveys what is announced
Yiddish מעלדונג
- מעלדונג (meldung)that which conveys what is announced
Cite this entry
APA
announcement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/announcement
MLA
“announcement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/announcement. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “announcement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/announcement.
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