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announce

/əˈnaʊn(t)s/

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What does announce mean?

verb

  1. To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
  2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
  3. To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. To act or work as an announcer.

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IPA pronunciation

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Certain stores make it a point to announce cheap sales once or twice a year, with from 10 to 25 per cent.
Tingfang WuAmerica, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental DiplomatProject Gutenberg ebook #609
Another emissary rode to the Russian line to announce the peace negotiations and to offer the Russian army the three days’ truce.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
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“See what tidings that horn tells us of—to announce, I ween, some hership 12 and robbery which has been done upon my lands.”
Walter ScottIvanhoe: A RomanceProject Gutenberg ebook #82
Aubrey was called upon to announce the result of his conferences with the secret service men who had been looking up Weintraub's record.
Christopher MorleyThe Haunted BookshopProject Gutenberg ebook #172
There, public business is conducted with an irregularity and a passionate and feverish excitement, which does not announce a long or sure duration.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815