announceverb [ T ]
uk/əˈnaʊns/us/əˈnaʊns/B1 to make something known or tell people about something officially:
They announced the death of their mother in the local paper.
She announced the winner of the competition to an excited audience.
[ + that ] The prime minister has announced that public spending will be increased next year.
to show that something is going to happen:
The first few leaves in the gutter announced the beginning of autumn.
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- It gives us great pleasure to announce the engagement of our daughter Maria.
- British Airways regret to announce the cancellation of flight BA205 to Madrid.
- The minister has announced that there will be no change in government policy.
- My sister surprised everyone by announcing she was leaving her job.
- The company announced a pre-tax loss of three million pounds.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaint sb/yourself with sth
- advise
- advisement
- annunciation
- come out
- commit
- confront
- declare
- fyi
- give sb a heads up idiom
- hand
- head
- let sb know idiom
- official
- pronouncement
- put
- put sth out 1
- spread the word idiom
- tell
- unannounced
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Preceding and introducing