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ANNUNCIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does annunciate mean? 

ANNUNCIATE (verb)
  The verb ANNUNCIATE has 1 sense:

1. foreshadow or presageplay

  Familiarity information: ANNUNCIATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANNUNCIATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they annunciate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it annunciates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: annunciated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: annunciated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: annunciating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Foreshadow or presage

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

announce; annunciate; foretell; harbinger; herald

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

tell (let something be known)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

annunciator (an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard))


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