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Announce

Definitions: Announce

Announce

Verb

1. Make known; make an announcement; "She denoted his feelings clearly".

2. Announce officially; "The President declared war".

3. Give the names of; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee".

4. Foreshadow or presage.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "announce" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Synonyms: Announce

Synonyms: annunciate (v), declare (v), denote (v), foretell (v), harbinger (v), herald (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Announce

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Affirmation

Announce; (information); acknowledge; (assent); attest; (evidence); adjure; (put to one's oath).

Government

Verb: run for office, stand for office; campaign, stump; throw one's hat in the ring; announce one's candidacy.

Information

Announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword, send word, leave word, write word; telegraph, telephone; wire; retail, render an account; give an account; (describe); state; (affirm).

Prediction

Usher in, herald, premise, announce; lower.

Publication

Proclaim, herald, blazon; blaze abroad, noise abroad; sound a trumpet; trumpet forth, thunder forth; give tongue; announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets; proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at Charing Cross.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Announce

English words defined with "announce": angelus, angelus bell, Announcingbill, blare out, blat out, blazon outcall, check in, check out, crydeath bell, death knell, declare, Demster, denounce, dinner bellexclaimfactory whistle, ForerunknellLiberty BellmeldPassing bell, placard, Preannounce, Predeclare, proclaim, promulgatereportschool bell, sign in, soundTo give in, To give out, To publish a will, trump, trump outUnit jar. (references)
Specialty definitions using "announce": Avant CourierBanns of Marriage, Beg, Beg leave, Breakers Ahead, BUTLER, SECONDcourt officerDeath-bell, DIRECTOR, SPORTS, Dog and DuckGATE AGENTInverse Address Resolution Protocoljanitor, churchKing Over the WaterLine 7public notices concerning stored data, Put up the ShuttersRing One's Own Bell. (references)
Etymologies containing "announce": Nunciature, NuncioPrenunciation. (references)

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Modern Usage: Announce

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Son, If you want something in life you have to work for it, now quit there about to announce the lottery numbers. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Great storms announce themselves with a single breeze, and a single random spark can ignite the fires of rebellion. (Ladyhawke; writing credit: Edward Khmara)

We should announce ourselves to the neighborhood. (You've Got Mail; writing credit: Nora Ephron)

I would like at this moment to announce that I will be retiring from this program in two weeks time because of poor ratings. (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky)

Me and Silent Bob would just like to announce that we quit! (Clerks; writing credit: Paul Dini; Brian Kelley)

Lyrics

I'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER (Big Mess; performing artist: Devo)

Movie/TV Titles

Why Announce Your Marriage? (1922)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Announce

DomainTitle

Books

  • Consolidating the Storage - Sun Microsystems and Hitachi Data Systems Announce Three-Year Reseller Agreement for Enterprise Storage [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Enabling the Mobile Workforce: Cisco and IBM Global Services Announce End-to-End Solution [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Hitachi and IBM Announce Storage Partnership [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Infrastructure Sharing Comes to the United States: Cingular and VoiceStream Announce a Joint Venture [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • KPN And NTT DoCoMo Announce Dual I-mode and WAP European Portal: What Role Will I-mode Play in Europe? [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Announce

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Announce

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Society ladies announce intention to fly -- news item. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Announce".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Bugle song to announce the start of a horserace.Butler ringing a small bell held in the hand to announce that dinner is served.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Announce

AuthorQuotation

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.

Voltaire

To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Announce

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

It soon appeared that he came to announce an improvement.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Napoleon, turning abruptly, sent off a courier at full speed to Paris to announce that the battle was won.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Announce

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Today, there are several major "wires" that are used by companies, universities, and other organizations to announce new medical breakthroughs. (references)

The NINDS then issued a clinical alert to announce the findings, recommending to the medical community that all qualified symptomatic stroke patients with severe stenosis of the carotid artery receive CE by a qualified neurosurgeon or vascular surgeon. (references)

Business

It also is formulating new regulations which it expects to announce this August. (references)

They then award the contract within six months and announce the award in the government's gazette. (references)

In May 2000, National Bank of Dubai (NBD) was the first to announce its an Internet-based e-commerce service, National Bank Paynet. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

However, the academic no longer issued public releases to announce his poll results but rather posted them on a Web site. (references)

Belgium

In November a similar incident occurred when the Church of Scientology was informed on the morning of the scheduled day that it could not use the International Press Center to announce its suit against the Commission's dangerous sect list. (references)

Economic History

Eritrea

The Border Commission is scheduled to announce its findings in early 2002. (references)

Human Rights

Uzbekistan

The Government does not announce trial dates, although such information is available to families and the public at courthouses. (references)

Ecuador

The police court does not announce verdicts or punishments, reinforcing the strong impression that the police are immune from prosecution. (references)

Guatemala

On February 21, several days before Perez Molina was to announce the formation of a new political party, masked gunmen attacked and slightly wounded his daughter Lissette Perez Leal de Solorzano. (references)

Political Economy

COLOMBIA

Between 1991 and 1994 there was a transition period towards a system of exchange rate bands, which was finally established in February of 1994. Throughout these years, the exchange authorities continued to announce "official exchange rates" on a daily basis according to the crawling peg system. (references)

Trade

Mexico

USDA will announce the new credit guarantee program authorization levels for fiscal year 2001 in early October 2000. (references)

Pakistan

In practice, banks announce expected PLS rates in advance, so depositors have a good estimate of their rate of return before making a deposit. (references)

Travel

Russia

When holidays fall on weekends, Russian authorities generally announce during the week prior to the holiday whether it will be celebrated on the previous Friday or the following Monday. (references)

Worker Rights

Yugoslavia

The law provides for the right to strike; however, the Law on Strikes restricts the right for employees in "essential service production enterprises," such as education, electric power, and postal services, and these employees must announce their strikes at least 15 days ahead and must ensure that a "minimum level of work" is provided. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Announce

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James K. Polk

1845-1849Genius is free to announce its inventions and discoveries, and the hand is free to accomplish whatever the head conceives not incompatible with the rights of a fellow-being.

Franklin Pierce

1853-1857The sentiments I now announce were not unknown before the expression of the voice which called me here.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974I have not and do not intend to announce the timetable for our program.

George Bush

1989-1993My plan, the details of which I will announce shortly, does just that.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Tonight, I announce that Justice Department is preparing a litigation plan to take the tobacco companies to court.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Announce

"Announce" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 84.11% of the time. "Announce" is used about 1,119 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)84.11%9417,703
Lexical Verb (base form)15.89%17823,220
                    Total100.00%1,119N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Announce

Expressions using "announce": announce a guest announce a piece of news announce as vacant announce good news announce judgement announce one's arrival announce one's candidacy announce one's departure announce one's presence announce sentence. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Announce

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

petites announce

499

petites announce classées

38

announce

421

announce rencontre

38

petite announce

141

announce bande

35

announce classées

138

les petites announce

35

tele announce

82

announce immobilier

31

announce class

77

announce gay

30

announce classees

74

announce gratuit

29

announce emploi

68

2.ebay.com announce.shtml aw

29

announce immobilieres

63

announce libertines

29

announce professionnelles

57

affiliate announce

27

announce auto

57

announce classée

27

announce gratuites

53

announce bandes

26

announce j

50

announce classé

24

announce immobilires

49

announce immobiliere

23

petites announce gratuites

49

announce content display exhibition new

21

announce moto

47

announce coquines

21

announce automobile

45

announce auto petites

20

announce classe

45

announce montreal petites

18

announce voyage

44

announce couple

18

announce télé

41

announce rencontres

18

announce motos

18
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Announce

Language Translations for "announce"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

meld (acquaint, advertise, give, give an account, give notice, inform, let know, report), adverteer (advertise, give, give notice), annonseer (advertise, give, give notice), aansê (advertise, give, give notice), aankondig (advertise, give, give notice), aandien (advertise, give, give notice). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

shpall (adjudicate, assert, asseverate, blaze, celebrate, declare, delate, divulge, enounce, enunciate, hold, notify, post, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, read, state, usher in), prezantoj (present), njoftoj (advertise, advertize, advise, break, communicate, convey, cry, give out, inform, instruct, message, nark, notify, page, placard, post, report, tell), lajmëroj (advertise, advertize, annunciate, break the news, declare, give notice, Herald, let know, meld, message, notify, portend, send word), bëj i ditur (signify). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نم عن (argue), ‏عمل مذيعا, ‏أعلن حضور, ‏أعلن (advertise, advertize, avow, bill, blare, celebrate, count, declare, denote, enunciate, gazette, portend, predicate, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, protest, publicize, publish, put out, report, represent, rule, show, sound, state, usher, vote), ‏أبلغ (communicate, convey, denounce, notify, report), ‏دل (betoken, bode, denote, designate, indicate, infer, proclaim, promise, read, signify, speak). (various references)

   

Aymara

  

yatiyaña (to announce). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съобщавам (advertise, advertize, apprise, apprize, communicate, convey, impart, inform, let know, notify, post, report, tell), обявявам (advertise, advertize, bill, declare, intimate, meld, post, proclaim, promulgate, put up, vote), оповестявам (bring out, give out, proclaim, promulgate, publish), публикувам (bring out, issue, produce, publish, put out, sound). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

宣布 (Announced, Announcing, Annunciate, Annunciated, Annunciating, heralded, Heralding, Proclamation). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vynést (bring, bring in, carry out, deliver, fetch, take out), vyhlásit (call, declare, manifest, proclaim, promulgate, publish, set forth), oznámit (communicate, declare, disclose, give out, inform, let know, notify, publish, report, return), ohlašovat (Herald, usher in), ohlásit (bill, call, notify, register, usher in), hlásit (bid, call, notify, report). (various references)

   

Danish

  

avertere (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

adverteren (advertise, give notice), aankondigen (acquaint, advertise, advise, counsel, give notice, inform, let know, notify), aandienen (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

anonci (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

siga frá (acquaint, inform, let know, narrate, relate, tell), lata vita (acquaint, inform, let know), geva boð (advise, counsel, notify), boða frá (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مدرک دادن , خبردادن (Delate, Predicate, Signal), انتشاردادن (Advertise, Issue, Promulgate, Propagate), اگهی دادن (Advertise), اعلان کردن (Advertise, Proclaim), اخطارکردن (Notify), اشکارکردن (Air, Bare, Disclose, Display, Light, Quarry, Reveal, Unbonnet, Uncover, Unfold, Unhood). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tiedottaa (make known, notify, report), kuuluttaa (advertise, declare, make known, proclaim, publish the banns), julkaista (make public, promulgate, publish), julistaa (declare, proclaim), ilmoittaa (advertise, advise, inform, let know, make known, notify, report). (various references)

   

French

  

annoncer, publier, introduire. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

advisearje (advise, counsel, notify), advertearje (advertise, give notice), oantsjinje (advertise, give notice), oansizze (acquaint, inform, let know), ferkundigje (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

German

  

ankündigen (acquaint, advertise, be a sign of, bill, forecast, give notice, inform, introduce, let know, presage, promise, signal, to announce), anzeigen (accuse, advertise, advertisements, denote, denounce, display, give notice, indexes, indicate, inform against, inform on, institute legal proceedings against, notifications, notify, point, read, register, report, see, show, signal, to advertise, to indicate, to notify), verkünden (acquaint, advertise, annunciate, declare, enunciate, forebode, give notice, give out, Herald, inform, let know, preach, presage, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, to announce, to annunciate, to enunciate), mitteilen (acquaint, advise, break, communicate, disclose, impart, inform, let know, notify, report, tell, to acquaint, to advise, to disclose, transmit), melden (advertise, bay, enter, give an account, give notice, meld, notify, register, report, to announce, to notify), bekanntmachen (acquaint, broadcast, circularize, let out, make known, manifest, promulgate, publicize, publish, to acquaint, to announce), ansagen (announcements, bid, continuity, declare, dictate), anmelden (advertise, apply for, book, declare, enroll, enter, get a license for, give notice, log on, log-on, make known, register, registering, sign on, to announce). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αγγέλω (annunciate), αναγγέλλω (declaire). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לפרסם (advertise, get out, give out, issue, publicize, publish), ל"ו"יע (advise, apprise, inform, instruct, make known, notice, notify, report, tell), ל"שמיע (cause to hear, pronounce, sound, state, utter), ל"כריז (advertise, assert, asseverate, declare, make public, proclaim, pronounce), ל"'י" (declare, make known, narrate, say, tell), ל"צ"יר בפומבי. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tudat (acquaint, conscience, consciousness, inform, let know, sense, senses, to acquaint, to let know), bemond (gone, meld, to announce, to call, to go, to meld, went), bejelent (annunciate, notify, to announce, to report, to return, to usher, usher in). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menuturkan (inform, narrate, tell about), mengumumkan (declare, divulge), mengawam (promulgate), mengamkan (proclaim). (various references)

   

Irish

  

fógair (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

Italian

  

annunziare (advertise, give, give notice), annunciare (advertise, broach, call, call out, communicate, enounce, give, give notice, Herald, intimate, post, report), pubblicare (advertise, edit, give, give notice, issue, post, print, proclaim, publish, redact, reveal). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アドレス帳 (address book, addressing, adrenalin, advisor, anachronism, anagram, analog computer, analog digital, Anaphylaxie, anarchism, anarchist, anarchy, anathema, announcement, announcer, unaccompanied baggage). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アナウンス . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

알리십시". (various references)

   

Malay

  

memberi-tahu (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

Manx

  

soilshaghey magh (advert, advertise, advertising, announcer, burst forth, declare, denote, depict, exposition, publicise, publish, publishing, reveal, revelation, set forth), insh (communicate, communication; island, coverage, crack, crack as joke, declare, divulgation, divulge, narrate, narration, report, speech, utterance), fogrey (announcement, bill, declaration, declare, edict, herald, notice, notification, placard, proclaim), cur mygeayrt (circulate, pass, slew, spread). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

anuncía (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

announceay

   

Polish

  

zawiadomić. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

anunciar (advertise, advertize, advise, annunciate, bill, counsel, forestall, foretold, give notice, herald, intimate, make love, notify, poster, promulgate, pronounce, say, set forth, show forth, tolling), noticiar (advertise, give notice, let know, report). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

anunţa (advertise, annunciate, bid, bill, blow around, cry, forebode, foretell, give notice, give out, Herald, import, inform, instruct, notify, promise, publish, report, ring, usher in). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

заявлять (declare, say). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

raspisati (offer), oglasiti (advertise, advertize, herald, knell, peal), najaviti (annunciate, enounce, portend). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

anunciar (advertise, advertize, advise, annunciate, betoken, bill, counsel, declare, forebode, foreshadow, give notice, give out, harbinger, Herald, notify, portend, post, proclaim, shadow forth, slate, spell, tell, trumpet), publicar (acquaint, advertise, air, ask, bring out, get out, give notice, inform, insert, insert in a newspaper, issue, let know, print, publicize, publish, put forth, put out, release, reveal, utter). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

anmäla (advertise, denounce, give notice, introduce, report, review), tillkännage (declare, notify, placard, proclaim, proclaime), meddela (advertise, communicate, convey, give notice, impart, inform, let know), förkunna (declare, preach, proclaim, promulgate), bebåda (advertise, annunciate, give notice, proclaim), annonsera (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

Thai

  

บอก, ทำหน้าที่เป็นโฆษก, ป่าวประกาศ (herald, noise). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

anons etmek, adaylığını açıklamak, okumak (peruse, read, say, sing, study), ilan etmek (acclaim, advertise, advertize, annunciate, bill, blaze abroad, blazon abroad, blazon out, blow the whistle on, declare, enunciate, give out, noise about, noise abroad, post, preconize, proclaim, pronounce, publicize, publish, tell the world, trumpet, trumpet forth), haber vermek (acquaint, advertise, advise, apprise, break the news, give notice, give smb. notice of, Herald, inform, let smb. know, notify, put smb. wise to, shadow forth, shadow out, tell, warn, wise up), duyurmak (advertise, advertize, annunciate, broadcast, Clarion, give forth, give out, give smth. publicity, noise abroad, notice, plead, proclaim, pronounce, publish), bildirmek (acquaint, advise, affirm, annunciate, communicate, declare, enunciate, give forth, give out, Herald, impart, indicate, inform, intimate, issue, let know, let smb. know, Lodge, notice, notify, offer, pass, proclaim, pronounce, put up, report, say, serve notice, signal, signalize, state, tell, vote), ílan etmek (advertise, give notice). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

сповіщати (acquaint, advise, annunciate, apprise, apprize, notify, post, sound, trumpet), оголошувати (annunciate, bid, declare, enounce, enunciate, give out, notify, post, preconize, proclaim, pronounce, usher in), заявляти (allow, assert, claim, pronounce, state, vouch), повідомляти (acquaint, admonish, advertise, advertize, advise, apprise, apprize, communicate, convey, delate, give, give notice, inform, notice, notify, publicize, report, transmit), доповідати (report). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

hysbysu (acquaint, advertise, advise, apprise, inform), datgan (declare, recount, render), cyhoeddi (publish). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Announce

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

adfer, adferam, adferamus, adferant, adferatis, adferatur, adferebamus, adferebant, adferebat, adferebatur, adferens, adferent, adferentem, adferentes, adferentur, adferet, adferque, adferre, adferremus, adferrent, adferret, adferretur, adferri, adfers, adfert, adferte, adfertis, adfertur, adferunt, adlata, adlatae, adlatam, adlatos, adlatum, adtulerant, adtulerat, adtuleritis, adtulerunt, adtuleruntque, adtuli, adtulimus, adtulisset, adtulit, annuntiare, calamus, calites, denuncio, denuntio, indicare, indicas, indicat, indicens, indices, indicet, indico, indictoaudientes, indixi, indixisset, indixit, indixitque, nuntia, nuntiabant, nuntiabat, nuntiabis, nuntiabit, nuntiabo, nuntiamus, nuntians, nuntiantes, nuntiare, nuntiarem, nuntiaremus, nuntiaret, nuntiari, nuntiat, nuntiata, nuntiate, nuntiatum, nuntiatumque, nuntiatur, nuntiaverat, nuntiaverunt, nuntiaveruntque, nuntiavimus, nuntiavique, nuntiavit, nuntiavitque, nuntiemus, nuntient, nuntiet, nuntietis, nuntio, perferant, perferentes, perferre, perferri, perlata, perlatum, perlatus, pertulerunt, pertuleruntque, pertulit, praedica, praedicabant, praedicabat, praedicabatur, praedicabis, praedicabitur, praedicabo, praedicabunt, praedicamus, praedicans, praedicant, praedicante, praedicantem, praedicantes, praedicantis, praedicare, praedicarem, praedicaret, praedicaretis, praedicari, praedicas, praedicasti, praedicat, praedicate, praedicator, praedicatum, praedicatur, praedicaturum, praedicatus, praedicaverim, praedicaverunt, praedicavi, praedicavimus, praedicavit, praedicem, praedicent, praedico, pronuntiabit, pronuntiabo, pronuntiabunt, pronuntians, pronuntiansque, pronuntiare, pronuntiavi, pronuntiet, pronuntio, proscripta, proscriptus, refer, renuntia, renuntiabo, renuntiare, renuntiassent, renuntiat, renuntiate, renuntiatum, renuntiaveris, renuntiaverunt, renuntiavit, renuntiavitque, renuntient, renuntiet, renuntio. (various references)

Late Latin300-700

predicare. (various references)

Old English450-1100

abeodan, beodan. (various references)

Old French900-1400

descrier. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Announce

Derivations

Words beginning with "announce": announced, announcement, announcements, announcer, announcers, announces. (additional references)

Words ending with "announce": preannounce. (additional references)

Words containing "announce": preannounced, preannounces, unannounced. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Announce" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: annouance, annouce, announ, announcemt, ganouche, nounce. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Announce"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "announce" (pronounced unou"ns)
5u n ou" n sdenounce, mispronounce, pronounce.
4-n ou" n srenounce.
3-ou" n sbounce, flounce, ounce, pounce, trounce.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Announce

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-n-n-n-o-u"

-2 letters: ancone, cannon, nuance.

-3 letters: ancon, canoe, canon, nance, nonce, ocean, ounce.

-4 letters: acne, aeon, anon, cane, cone, conn, neon, nona, none, noun, once, unco.

-5 letters: ace, ane, can, con, cue, eau, ecu, eon, nae, nan, nun, oca, one.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-n-n-n-o-u"
 

+1 letter: announced, announcer, announces.

 

+2 letters: announcers, nonnuclear.

 

+3 letters: antinucleon, consanguine, continuance, countenance, enunciation, preannounce, unannounced, uncongenial.

 

+4 letters: announcement, antinucleons, continuances, countenanced, countenancer, countenances, denunciation, enunciations, noncancerous, noneducation, noninsurance, nonnucleated, nonnumerical, preannounced, preannounces, renunciation, uncovenanted, unsanctioned.

 

+5 letters: announcements, consentaneous, countenancers, countenancing, denunciations, nonconceptual, nonconjugated, nonconsensual, noneducations, noninsurances, nonnumericals, preannouncing, renunciations, unconstrained, uncontainable, unencouraging.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Announce


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6E 6E 6F 75 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -.    -.    ---    ..-    -.    -.-.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101110 01101110 01101111 01110101 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#110 &#110 &#111 &#117 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006E 006E 006F 0075 006E 0063 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3580808187806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Orthography
22. Bibliography


  

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woordeboek, fjalor, ‏معجم, ‏قاموس, diccionariu, речник, diccionari, diksyonario, diksinario, 字典, gérlyver, slovník, ordbog, woordenboek, shimiyuc p'anca, orðabók, orðbók, dictionnaire, wurdboek, wörterbuch, λεξικό, אוצר מילים, szótár, uqausiit tukingit, dizionario, 字引 , じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , 사 , dizionari, recnik, fockleyr, dikshonario, słownik, dicionário, dicţionar, dicziunari, словарь, lolomi fefiloi, foclair, abardair, faclair, briathrachan, pukuntau, leksikon, rečnik, vocabbulariu, diccionario, sí-chazamagâma, ordbok, lexikon, พจนานุกรม, sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, словник, довідник, có tính chất sách vở, geirlyfr, geiriadur, for dictionary;
definisie, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, 定義 , 定义, definice, deskriptordefinition, definitie, määritelmä, définition, ορισμός, "'"ר", "'בל", meghatározás, definíció, definizione, 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, 의, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght, definishon, definição, definiţie, determinare, definire, определение, definicija, definición, definition, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, diffiniad, darnodiad, for definition;
vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation;
Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian;
Arabies, arabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic;
aimará, aimara, for aymara;
Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian;
Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese;
Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech;
Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
‏الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, Esperantu, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, Eseperano, esperanto, Kiesperanto, าษาที่ประ"ิษฐ์ขึ้นเพื่อใช้เป็น าษากลางในการสื่อสารระหว่างประเทศ ซึ่งรากศัพท์ส่วนใหญ่, esperanto dili, tiếng etperantô, for esperanto;
费罗族, føroyskur, färöisk, färöbo, for Faeroese;
Farsi, Parsi, persiskt, Fasi, for Farsi;
Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Fries, фризийски, фризиец, Frison, Frysk, Friese, fríz, frisone, Freeshlannish, Freeshlannagh, frisão, frizian, фризский, фриз, frizijac, frizijski, frisio, fris, frizye'li kimse, frizye'li, frizye dili, frizye ile ilgili, фризький, фризька мова, for Frisian;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew;
Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, ‏الهنغاري, ‏مجري, ‏هنغاري, ‏المجري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian;
Indonesies, indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, Indonesiu, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亚语, 印度尼西亞語 , indonéský, indonéština, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonesialainen, indonésien, Yndonesysk, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, Indtasisian, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, indones, Indonesyo, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійський, індонезійська мова, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a, for Indonesian;
Iers, irlandez, ‏الأيرلنديون, ‏إيرلندي, ‏اللغة الأيرلندية, ирландска стока, сприхавост, келтски език, ирландски език, ирландски, ирландец, Irlandano, 爱"兰, irský, irština, írskt, irlantilainen, irlandais, Iersk, irisch, ιρλανδόσ, ιρλανδικόσ, אירי, אירל "י, ír, gaelach, irlandese, Yernagh, Erinagh, Airihi, irlandês, irisação, irlan