announce
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of.
to announce a special sale.
- Synonyms:
- promulgate, report, declare
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to state the approach or presence of.
to announce guests; to announce dinner.
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to make known to the mind or senses.
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to serve as an announcer of.
The mayor announced the program.
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to state; declare.
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to state in advance; declare beforehand.
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to write, or have printed, and send a formal declaration of an event, especially a social event, as a wedding.
verb (used without object)
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to be employed or serve as an announcer especially of a radio or television broadcast.
She announces for the local radio station.
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to declare one's candidacy, as for a political office (usually followed byfor ).
We are hoping that he will announce for governor.
verb
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(tr; may take a clause as object) to make known publicly; proclaim
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(tr) to declare the arrival of
to announce a guest
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(tr; may take a clause as object) to reveal to the mind or senses; presage
the dark clouds announced rain
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(intr) to work as an announcer, as on radio or television
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to make known (one's intention to run as a candidate)
to announce for the presidency
Synonym Usage
Announce, proclaim, publish mean to communicate something in a formal or public way. To announce is to give out news, often of something expected in the future: to announce a lecture series. To proclaim is to make a widespread and general announcement of something of public interest: to proclaim a holiday. To publish is to make public in an official way, now especially by printing: to publish a book.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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announcesimple
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announcessimple
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have announcedperfect
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has announcedperfect
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are announcingprogressive
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am announcingprogressive
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is announcingprogressive
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have been announcingperfect progressive
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has been announcingperfect progressive
Past
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announcedsimple
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had announcedperfect
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was announcingprogressive
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were announcingprogressive
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had been announcingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of announce
First recorded in 1490–1500; from Middle French anoncer, from Latin annūntiāre, from an- an- 2 + nūntiāre “to announce, report” (from nūntius “messenger, news”)
Explanation
Announce means to make something public. Companies announce the release of new products, parents announce the marriages of their children, and school administrators announce changes to the day's schedule over the PA. Announce has some subtler meanings as well—you might inadvertently announce your attention to go for the basket by looking at it during a game. You might very intentionally announce that you are never eating pizza again, if you want everyone you know to be aware of this.
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Example Sentences
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Announce a date for your return to Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
Announce that you’re leaving so the fans can give you the send-off you deserve.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2025
Announce to the group: “Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are eat-at-my-house nights! If it’s Tuesday or Thursday, you have to go at 7 p.m.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022
Announce the signing of Kylian Mbappe - arguably the world's most coveted player - at the start of the week, and win the Champions League at the end of it.
From BBC • May 27, 2022
“Can you just do that, what they did down there? Announce your own country?”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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