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announce
an·nounce / əˈnouns/ • v. [tr.] make a public and typically formal declaration about a fact, occurrence, or intention: the president's office announced that the state of siege would be lifted he announced his retirement from football. ∎ make known: we announce our failures by warring against ourselves and others. ∎ give information about (transportation) in a station or airport via a public address system: they were announcing her train. ∎ (of a notice, letter, sound, etc.) give information to (someone) via the senses of sight or hearing: storms came announced by long wisps that lashed out from a snow cloud's body. ∎ make known the arrival or imminence of (a guest or a meal) at a formal social occasion: dinner was announced. |
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"announce." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "announce." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-announce.html "announce." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-announce.html |
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an·nounce·ment / əˈnounsmənt/ • n. a public and typically formal statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention: the spokesperson was about to make an announcement. ∎ the action of making such a statement: the announcement of the decision of the president. ∎ a notice appearing in a newspaper or public place and announcing something such as a birth, death, or marriage. ∎ a statement of information given over a public address system: a loudspeaker announcement echoed across the field. |
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"announcement." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "announcement." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-announcement.html "announcement." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-announcement.html |
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announce XV (rare before XVIII). — AN. an(o)uncer, OF. anoncier (mod. annoncer) :- L. annuntiāre, f. AN-1 + nuntius (cf. ANNUNCIATION, NUNCIO).
Hence announcement XVIII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "announce." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "announce." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-announce.html T. F. HOAD. "announce." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-announce.html |
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"announce." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "announce." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-announce.html "announce." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-announce.html |
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