announce
Verb (Transitive):
- To make something known publicly or officially: To give formal or public notice about something, often for the first time.
- To state or declare something clearly and formally: To make a statement that makes information known.
- To be a sign of something that is about to happen: To indicate or signal the approach or arrival of something.
Verb (Intransitive):
- To serve as an announcer: To read news, introduce programs, or identify items, especially on radio or television.
- To declare one's candidacy or intention: To state publicly that one is running for a political office or taking a specific action.
Verb (Transitive):
- The company will announce its quarterly results tomorrow.
- They announced their engagement at the family dinner.
- The dark clouds announced the coming storm.
Verb (Intransitive):
- He announces for the local radio station.
- The senator announced for president last week.
"to announce oneself": To make one's presence or identity known, often upon arrival.
- Please announce yourself at the reception desk.
"to announce a decision/verdict": To formally declare the outcome of a deliberation.
- The judge is about to announce the verdict.
"to announce the arrival of": To formally signal that someone or something has arrived or is beginning.
- The first robin announces the arrival of spring.
Announcement (n): A public or formal statement that announces something.
- They made an important announcement.
Announcer (n): A person who announces, especially one who introduces programs, reads news, or gives information on television or radio.
- The announcer introduced the next performer.
Annunciate (v): To announce or proclaim formally. (More formal/rare)
- The herald annunciated the king's decree.
- Declare: To state something officially or publicly.
- Proclaim: To announce something publicly and officially, often with emphasis.
- State: To express something in speech or writing, clearly and definitely.
- Report: To give a spoken or written account of something.
(Note: "Announce" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically conveyed directly or with prepositions like "to" or "as.")
"Announce something to the world": To make something known very publicly and openly.
- They announced their new product to the world at the tech conference.
"Have something to announce": To possess information that one is ready to share publicly.
- Ladies and gentlemen, I have an important announcement to make.
- foreshadow or presage
- give the names of
- He announced the winners of the spelling bee
- announce publicly or officially
- The President declared war
- make known; make an announcement
- She denoted her feelings clearly