Announce

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: an=nounce

CIDE DICTIONARY

Announce, v. t. [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.].

•  To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.  [1913 Webster]

  "Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts."  [1913 Webster]
•  To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.  [1913 Webster]

  "Publish laws, announce
  Or life or death."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Announce, v.tr.
1 (often foll. by that) make publicly known.
2 make known the arrival or imminence of (a guest, dinner, etc.).
3 make known (without words) to the senses or the mind; be a sign of.

Derivative

announcement n.

Etymology

ME f. OF annoncer f. L annuntiare (as AD-, nuntius messenger)

THESAURUS

Announce

advertise, affirm, allege, annunciate, antecede, antedate, anticipate, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, attest, augur, aver, avouch, avow, be before, be early, bespeak, betoken, blazon, break the news, bring word, broadcast, bruit about, circulate, come before, communicate, confirm, contend, declare, declare roundly, disclose, divulge, enunciate, express, forebode, forecast, forerun, foreshow, foretell, give a report, give notice, give tidings of, harbinger, have, herald, hint at, hold, impart, inform, insist, intimate, issue a manifesto, issue a statement, lay down, maintain, make a statement, make an announcement, make known, make public, manifesto, notify, portend, preannounce, precede, precurse, predate, predicate, predict, preexist, preindicate, presage, present, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, propound, protest, publicize, publish, publish a manifesto, put, put forth, put it, put out, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, rumor, run before, say, set down, set forth, show forth, signal, sound, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, suggest, tell, testify, usher in, witness, write up

ROGET THESAURUS

Announce

Prediction

VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.

Information

VB tell, inform, inform of, acquaint, acquaint with, impart, impart to, make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken, transmit, let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known, publish, notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of, let one know, have one to know, give one to understand, give notice, set before, lay before, put before, point out, put into one's head, put one in possession of, instruct, direct the attention to, announce, annunciate, report, report progress, bringword, send word, leave word, write word, telegraph, telephone, wire, retail, render an account, give an account, state, let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest, disclose, show cause, explain, hint, given an inkling of, give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, glance at, tip the wink, suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe, whisper, whisper in the ear, give a bit of one's mind, tell one plainly, tell once for all, speak volumes, undeceive, unbeguile, set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one of, be informed of, know, learn, get scent of, get wind of, gather from, awaken to, open one's eyes to, become alive, become awake to, hear, overhear, understand, come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge, reach one's ears.

Affirmation

VB assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say, affirm, predicate, declare, state, protest, profess, put forth, put forward, advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend, depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call Heaven to witness, vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon, emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word, rap out, repeat, reassert, reaffirm, announce, acknowledge, attest, adjure.