announce

Pronunciation: /əˈnaʊn(t)s/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb make known; make an announcement
  2. verb announce publicly or officially
  3. verb give the names of

Etymology

From Old French anoncier, from Latin annūntiāre, from ad + nūntiō (“report, relate”), from nūntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio. Doublet of annunciate. See also an-.

In classic literature

Synonyms

denote

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
inform
Narrower (hyponyms)
trump, blare out, post, report, call out

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