Definition

1. Noun:
   • A short, lively tune played on brass instruments, often to announce an important event or person: A fanfare is typically a brief, loud, and celebratory piece of music, especially for trumpets or other brass instruments.
   • A showy or noisy display designed to attract attention: Fanfare can also refer to a gaudy, outward, or ostentatious display, often accompanying an announcement or event.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Musical Tune):
  • The king's entrance was announced with a loud fanfare.
  • A fanfare of trumpets signaled the start of the ceremony.
• Noun (Showy Display):
  • The new product was launched with much fanfare and publicity.
  • Despite the initial fanfare, the event was poorly attended.

Advanced Usage

• "With great fanfare": With a lot of celebratory publicity, noise, or attention.
  • The treaty was signed with great fanfare.
• "Without much fanfare": Quietly, without any showy celebration or attention.
  • The update was released without much fanfare.

Variants and Related Words

• Fanfaronade (n, archaic): A fanfare; boastful or arrogant talk.
  • His speech was full of empty fanfaronade.

Synonyms

• Flourish: A showy or dramatic action, especially a short burst of music.
• Fanfaronade: Boastful or arrogant behavior; a fanfare.
• Tucket (n, archaic): A flourish on a trumpet.
• Ostentation: Pretentious and vulgar display intended to impress.

Idioms and Phrases

• "A fanfare of publicity": A great deal of media attention and promotion.
  • The celebrity's wedding was surrounded by a fanfare of publicity.

Noun

1. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
   • he entered to a flourish of trumpets
   • her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare
2. a gaudy outward display