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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANNOUNCE, v.t. announs'. [L. annuncio, to deliver a message, of ad and nuncio, to tell from nuncius, a messenger.]
1. To publish; to proclaim; to give notice, or first notice; as, the birth of Christ was announced by an angel.
2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly" [syn: announce, denote]
2: announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war" [syn: announce, declare]
3: give the names of; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee"
4: foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald]

Merriam Webster's

verb (announced; announcing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French annuncier, from Latin annuntiare, from ad- + nuntiare to report, from nuntius messenger Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to make known publicly ; proclaim <announced the appointment> 2. a. to give notice of the arrival, presence, or readiness of <announce dinner> b. to indicate beforehand ; foretell 3. to serve as an announcer of <announce a football game> intransitive verb 1. to serve as an announcer 2. a. to declare one's candidacy <announce for president> b. to declare oneself politically <announce against a nominee> Synonyms: see declare

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 (often foll. by that) make publicly known. 2 make known the arrival or imminence of (a guest, dinner, etc.). 3 make known (without words) to the senses or the mind; be a sign of. Derivatives: announcement n. Etymology: ME f. OF annoncer f. L annuntiare (as AD-, nuntius messenger)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Announce An*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.] 1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. --Gilpin. 2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. Publish laws, announce Or life or death. --Prior. Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. Usage: To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Announce An*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.] 1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. --Gilpin. 2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. Publish laws, announce Or life or death. --Prior. Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. Usage: To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Announce An*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.] 1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. --Gilpin. 2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. Publish laws, announce Or life or death. --Prior. Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. Usage: To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Announce An*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.] 1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. --Gilpin. 2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. Publish laws, announce Or life or death. --Prior. Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. Usage: To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(announces, announcing, announced) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially. He will announce tonight that he is resigning from office... She was planning to announce her engagement to Peter... It was announced that the groups have agreed to a cease-fire. VERB: V that, V n, it be V-ed that 2. If you announce a piece of news or an intention, especially something that people may not like, you say it loudly and clearly, so that everyone you are with can hear it. Peter announced that he had no intention of wasting his time at any university... 'I'm having a bath and going to bed,' she announced, and left the room. = declare VERB: V that, V with quote 3. If an airport or railway employee announces something, they tell the public about it by means of a loudspeaker system. Station staff announced the arrival of the train over the tannoy... They announced his plane was delayed. VERB: V n, V that

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Publish, proclaim, blazon, promulgate, declare, report, trumpet, advertise, communicate, set forth, give out, blaze abroad, noise abroad, herald abroad, spread abroad, give notice of, make proclamation of, lay before the public, bring to the notice of the public.

Moby Thesaurus

advertise, affirm, allege, annunciate, antecede, antedate, anticipate, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, attest, augur, aver, avouch, avow, be before, be early, bespeak, betoken, blazon, break the news, bring word, broadcast, bruit about, circulate, come before, communicate, confirm, contend, declare, declare roundly, disclose, divulge, enunciate, express, forebode, forecast, forerun, foreshow, foretell, give a report, give notice, give tidings of, harbinger, have, herald, hint at, hold, impart, inform, insist, intimate, issue a manifesto, issue a statement, lay down, maintain, make a statement, make an announcement, make known, make public, manifesto, notify, portend, preannounce, precede, precurse, predate, predicate, predict, preexist, preindicate, presage, present, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, propound, protest, publicize, publish, publish a manifesto, put, put forth, put it, put out, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, rumor, run before, say, set down, set forth, show forth, signal, sound, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, suggest, tell, testify, usher in, witness, write up