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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 References

[ English

[ Etymology

From Old French anoncier, French annoncer, from Latin annuntiare, from ad + nuntiare (“‘report, relate’”), from nuntius (“‘messenger, bearer of news’”). See Nuncio, and compare with annunciate. This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

[ Pronunciation

• (WEAE) IPA: /ʌˈnaʊns/
• (UK) IPA: /əˈnaʊns/ or IPA: /ˈæ.naʊns/

[ Verb

Infinitive to announce

Third person singular announces

Simple past announced

Past participle announced

Present participle announcing

to announce (third-person singular simple present announces, present participle announcing, simple past and past participle announced)

1. (transitive) To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

   (A date for this quote is being sought): Her [Q. Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. — Gilpin.

2. (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

   (A date for this quote is being sought): Publish laws, announce Or life or death. — Prior.

[ Synonyms

• proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate

[ Translations

give public notice, or first notice of

Chinese: 宣布 (xuānbù) Czech: oznámit cs(cs) Dutch: aankondigen nl(nl), declareren nl(nl), verkonden nl(nl) (archaic), verkondigen nl(nl) Finnish: ilmoittaa fi(fi), kuuluttaa fi(fi)

German: ankündigen, verkünden, bekanntgeben Japanese: 発表する (happyō suru) Kurdish: ده‌ربڕین Swedish: tillkännage, annonsera

pronounce; declare by judicial sentence

Dutch: declareren nl(nl), verklaren nl(nl), uitspreken nl(nl) Finnish: julistaa fi(fi)

German: verkünden, bekanntgeben, bekanntmachen

[ References

• “announce” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.