ANNOUNCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does announce mean? 

• ANNOUNCE (verb)
  The verb ANNOUNCE has 4 senses:

1. make known; make an announcement

2. announce publicly or officially

3. give the names of

4. foreshadow or presage

  Familiarity information: ANNOUNCE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANNOUNCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they announce    ... he / she / it announces   
Past simple: announced   
Past participle: announced   
-ing form: announcing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make known; make an announcement

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

announce; denote

Context example:

She denoted her feelings clearly

Hypernyms (to "announce" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "announce"):

denounce (announce the termination of, as of treaties)

meld (announce for a score; of cards in a card game)

report (announce one's presence)

report (announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding)

blazon out; cry (proclaim or announce in public)

trump; trump out (proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare)

blare out; blat out (announce loudly)

call out (call out loudly, as of names or numbers)

advertise; advertize; publicise; publicize (call attention to)

post (publicize with, or as if with, a poster)

sound (announce by means of a sound)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

announcer (reads news, commercials on radio or television)

announcer (someone who proclaims a message publicly)

annunciatory (relating to the act of announcing or being announced)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Announce publicly or officially

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

announce; declare

Context example:

The President declared war

Hypernyms (to "announce" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "announce"):

promulgate (put a law into effect by formal declaration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They announce that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

announcement (a formal public statement)

announcement (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen)

announcer (reads news, commercials on radio or television)

announcer (someone who proclaims a message publicly)

annunciatory (relating to the act of announcing or being announced)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give the names of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

He announced the winners of the spelling bee

Hypernyms (to "announce" is one way to...):

identify; name (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

announcer (someone who proclaims a message publicly)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Foreshadow or presage

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

announce; annunciate; foretell; harbinger; herald

Hypernyms (to "announce" is one way to...):

tell (let something be known)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Samsung announced earlier in the day that it was stopping all global sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7, and advised all customers to stop using the device immediately.

(Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7, Voanews)

"Then we'll have to go," she announced decisively.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I discovered that we stood in need of condensed milk and marmalade, and announced that I was going aboard.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Mrs. Harker was not down when the maid came to announce dinner, so I said: "She is possibly tired; let dinner wait an hour," and I went on with my work.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

When the feast was announced, the youth went out to the forest, and called Iron Hans.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

She became restive, insisted upon her rights, and finally announced her positive intention of going to a certain ball.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The South Korean government has recently announced plans for 16,000 more hydrogen-fueled cars and 310 special refilling stations.

(Cars Powered by New Fuel Type Tested in Australia, VOA)

So, at six o'clock that evening, which was one of the early office evenings, I announced myself as ready, to Uriah.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In that case, that October 27 new moon may have triggered the moment when you chose to announce your departure from your old job so you could start your own business.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

By this means he announced that he was prepared to retaliate for any hurt he might receive.

(White Fang, by Jack London)