announce

v., -nounced, -nounc·ing, -nounc·es.

v.tr.

1. To make known publicly.
2. To proclaim the presence or arrival of: announce a caller.
3. To provide an indication of beforehand; foretell: The invention of the microchip announced a new generation of computers.
4. To serve as an announcer for: announce a football game on TV.

v.intr.

1. To declare one's candidacy: was declared the front-runner even before she announced.
2. To serve as an announcer.

[Middle English announcen, from Old French anoncier, from Latin annūntiāre : ad-, ad- + nūntiāre, to report (from nūntius, messenger).]

SYNONYMS   announce, advertise, broadcast, declare, proclaim, promulgate, publish. These verbs mean to bring to public notice: announced a cease-fire; advertise a forthcoming concert; broadcasting their opinions; declared her political intentions; proclaiming his beliefs; promulgated a policy of nonresistance; publishing the marriage banns.

verb

1. To bring to public notice or make known publicly: advertise, annunciate, broadcast, declare, proclaim, promulgate, publish. See knowledge/ignorance, words.
2. To make known the presence or arrival of: herald, introduce, proclaim, usher in. See knowledge/ignorance, start/end.

v

Definition: declare arrival
Antonyms: be quiet, hide, withhold

v

Definition: make a proclamation
Antonyms: bottle up, conceal, keep secret, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold

v

Definition: predict
Antonyms: keep secret, withhold

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IN BRIEF: To state something publicly.

We were hoping the radio would announce that school was closed because of the blizzard.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - annoncere, bekendtgøre, bebude
v. intr. - speake, være oplæser

Nederlands (Dutch)
aankondigen, omroepen

Français (French)
v. tr. - annoncer, proclamer, faire passer une annonce
v. intr. - être annoncé

Deutsch (German)
v. - ankündigen, bekanntgeben, anzeigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανακοινώνω, αναγγέλλω, γνωστοποιώ, δημοσιεύω ειδοποίηση ή αγγελία

Italiano (Italian)
notificare, annunciare, inserire un annuncio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - anunciar, avisar, publicar, apresentar

Русский (Russian)
объявлять, извещать, поместить рекламу, объявление, провозгласить, заявить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - anunciar, comunicar, dar a conocer, hacer saber, insertar un anuncio
v. intr. - anunciarse, comunicarse, darse a conocer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tillkännage, meddela, annonsera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发布, 宣布, 通知...已准备好, 通报...的到达, 声称, 当报幕人, 当播音员, 宣布支持某人竞选, 宣布参加竞选

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 發佈, 宣佈, 通知...已準備好, 通報...的到達, 聲稱
v. intr. - 當報幕人, 當播音員, 宣佈支持某人競選, 宣佈參加競選

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 을 알리다, 을 방송하다
v. intr. - 아나운서 노릇을 하다, 입후보를 표명하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 知らせる, 告知する, 披露する, 立候補宣言をする, 支持宣言をする, 発表する, 到着を告げる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعلن, يبلغ, يدل على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הכריז, הודיע‬
v. intr. - ‮עבד כקריין רדיו, הכריז על מועמדותו‬

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