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announce

verb
/əˈnaʊns/UK/əˈnaʊn(t)s/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce 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-.

  1. derived from annuntio
  2. derived from anoncier

Definitions

  1. To give public notice of, especially for the first time

    To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.

    • Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
    • Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.

  2. To pronounce

    To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

    • Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.

  3. To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).

    • Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To act or work as an announcer.

      • Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.

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Derived

announceable, announcement, announcer, back announce, back-announce, foreannounce, knock-and-announce, preannounce, pre-announce, reannounce, unannounced

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at announce. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at announce. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at announce

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA