preannounce

present singular third person preannounces · participle present preannouncing · participle past preannounced · past preannounced · alternative pre-announce

1. transitiveTo announce in advance.

   The company preannounced the impending takeover.

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   Those responsible for preannouncing the Internet's hot new ideas are pushing Push with a ferocious unanimity.

   1997 March 23, James Gleick, “Pushy, Pushy”, in The New York Times Magazine

   No one can remember, for example, the last time Alcoa preannounced their earnings.

   2000 October 1, Kenneth N. Gilpin, “MARKET INSIGHT; Openness Can Be A Two-Way Street”, in The New York Times

   The decision to preannounce an unproven technology was an uncharacteristic one for Intel, said G. Dan Hutcheson, president of VLSI Research Inc., and a longtime observer of the company.

   2004 November 29, John Markoff, “The Disco Ball of Failed Hopes and Other Tales From Inside Intel”, in The New York Times

   In other words, the transaction is preferred because it is the best of bad choices. And at least one study has found that when management preannounces a deal it results in lower premiums presumably because it scares off other bidders.

   2013 February 5, Steven Davidoff Solomon, “Reasons to Be Suspicious of Buyouts Led by Management”, in The New York Times

   Some would say that Microsoft engaged in a subtle form of vaporware by preannouncing its product before it was actually ready to be delivered, then, at the last minute, announcing a short delay.

   2015, Richard Severson, Ethical Principles for the Information Age

   Synonyms: foreannounce