announceable

adj

Etymology

From announce + -able.

  1. derived from annuntio
  2. derived from anoncier
  3. suffixed as announceable — “announce + able

Definitions

  1. Able to be announced.

    • The pilot with all the self-assurance in the world walks down the aisle enters the cockpit and announces their destination, altitude, and whatever else is announceable.
  2. A positive-sounding news item suitable for public announcement

    A positive-sounding news item suitable for public announcement; a sound bite.

    • I was in Don's office to talk about the day's “announceables,” as we called them — on that day, the things Ontario Liberal Party Leader Dalton McGuinty was saying about health care.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for announceable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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