announcement

B1 Topic:Communication

US /əˈnaʊns.mənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #4589

Meanings

1

noun
A public or official statement giving people information.

The principal made an important announcement at the start of the assembly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a public or official... proclamation statement

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Word family

Forms announcements

Derived forms announcementwarecounterannouncementforeannouncementnonannouncementpre-announcementpreannouncementreannouncement

Etymology

From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce + -ment.

annoncement Middle French

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Topics

Communication

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# announcement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈnaʊns.mənt/
**Frequency rank:** 4589

## Meanings
1. A public or official statement giving people information.

## Examples
- The principal made an important announcement at the start of the assembly.

## Synonyms
- proclamation
- publication

## Derived Forms
- announcementware
- counterannouncement
- foreannouncement
- nonannouncement
- pre-announcement
- preannouncement
- reannouncement

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: annoncement

## Etymology
From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce + -ment.

## AI Etymology
Announcement is from Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce plus -ment. The suffix -ment makes a noun of action, result, or state from announce, matching uses in which the word names an act, process, outcome, or condition. In use as a noun, announcement denotes a public or official statement giving people information. The same word family continues in derived forms such as announcementware, counterannouncement, foreannouncement, and nonannouncement.

## Topics
- Communication

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