Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of making known publicly.
- noun Something announced.
- noun A broadcast message, especially a program note or commercial.
- noun An engraved or printed formal statement or notice, as of a wedding or a relocation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of announcing or giving notice; that which is announced or made known; proclamation; publication; notification.
- noun In card-playing, a bid; a meld.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An act of announcing, or giving
notice . - noun That which conveys what is
announced . - noun The content which is announced.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
- noun a formal public statement
Etymologies
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Examples
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Note the title announcement of the politician's political affiliation again.
Richard Grenell: Advocate Magazine Covers-Up the Democratic Label for Anti-gay Politician Richard Grenell 2011
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Note the title announcement of the politician's political affiliation again.
Richard Grenell: Advocate Magazine Covers-Up the Democratic Label for Anti-gay Politician Richard Grenell 2011
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The film commences, a la The Blair Witch Project with the title announcement that we are about to witness ‘found footage’ that was located at the site that used to be Central Park.
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The studio posted a new trailer and a plot synopsis along with the title announcement on its blog.
Eurogamer 2010
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Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs would not confirm that the announcement is about Emanuel, but two people close to Emanuel say he will resign on Friday to begin his campaign for Chicago mayor.
Obama Expected To Announce Rahm Emanuel's Resignation Friday The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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This announcement is arousing far more controversy than the plan to cap the amount of benefit any family can receive.
Conservative conference live - Monday 4 October Andrew Sparrow 2010
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For me the interesting part of the announcement is the focus on software to make data center processes more efficient.
With a Big Push, IBM Gives Cloud Computing Its Blessing 2009
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Joe Lykken, a theorist at Fermilab, said, “So I would not say that this announcement is the equivalent of seeing the face of God, but it might turn out to be the toe of God.”
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Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs would not confirm that the announcement is about Emanuel, but two people close to Emanuel say he will resign on Friday to begin his campaign for Chicago mayor.
Obama Expected To Announce Rahm Emanuel's Resignation Friday AP 2010
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Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs would not confirm that the announcement is about Emanuel, but two people close to Emanuel say he will resign on Friday to begin his campaign for Chicago mayor.
Obama Expected To Announce Rahm Emanuel's Resignation Friday AP 2010
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