announcementnoun [ C or U ]
uk/əˈnaʊns.mənt/us/əˈnaʊns.mənt/B1 something that someone says officially, giving information about something:
The president made an unexpected announcement this morning.
the act of announcing something:
The announcement of the changes has been delayed.
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- Her announcement confirmed (that) she would be resigning as prime minister.
- The protests are a delayed reaction to last week's announcement.
- The announcement took Washington and Paris by surprise, but Downing Street had been expecting it.
- There was a deathly hush after she made the announcement.
- This announcement follows months of inaction and delay.
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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