announce

B1 Topic:Communication

US /əˈnaʊn(t)s/ UK /əˈnaʊns/ See IPA manual

Freq #4477

Meanings

1

verb
To tell people about something officially or publicly.

The company announced that it would open three new stores next year.
2

verb
To describe or comment on an event, especially a sports game, for an audience.

He announced football games on the radio for over twenty years.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to tell people about... declare proclaimmake knownpublish

More blare disclose forerun herald impart promulgate promulge

Opposites

withhold

Word family

Forms announcedannouncesannouncingunannounced

Derived forms announceableannouncement announcerback-announceforeannounceknock-and-announcepre-announcepreannouncereannounceunannounced

Simplified etymology

Announce dates from late Middle English and ultimately derives from Latin nuntius, meaning “messenger.” The same Latin root underlies nuncio, annunciation, denounce, pronounce, renounce, and enunciate.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce From Old French anoncier, from Latin annūntiāre, from ad + nūntiō (“report, relate”), from nūntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio, and compare with annunciate.

anoncier Old French annuntio Latin

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Topics

Communication

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# announce

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈnaʊn(t)s/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈnaʊns/
**Frequency rank:** 4477

## Meanings
1. To tell people about something officially or publicly.
2. To describe or comment on an event, especially a sports game, for an audience.

## Examples
- The company announced that it would open three new stores next year.
- He announced football games on the radio for over twenty years.

## Synonyms
- blare
- declare
- disclose
- forerun
- herald
- impart
- proclaim
- promulgate
- promulge
- publish

## Antonyms
- withhold

## Derived Forms
- announceable
- announcement
- announcer
- back-announce
- foreannounce
- knock-and-announce
- pre-announce
- preannounce
- reannounce
- unannounced

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: anoncier
- Root: annuntio

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce From Old French anoncier, from Latin annūntiāre, from ad + nūntiō (“report, relate”), from nūntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio, and compare with annunciate.

## AI Etymology
Announce comes from Old French anoncier, from Latin annūntiāre, from ad plus nūntiō (“report, relate”), from nūntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). Compare nuncio, and compare with annunciate. The historical line also includes Latin annuntio. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Communication

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