"announce" meaning in English

See announce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈnaʊns/ [UK], /ʌˈnaʊns/ [US] Audio: en-us-announce.ogg [US] Forms: announce [canonical], announces [third-person, singular], announced [past], announced [past, participle], announcing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|announc|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you announce something, you make it public by telling people about it.
    Sense id: simple-announce-en-verb-RonZ4gxw
  2. If you announce somebody, you tell others that the person has arrived.
    Sense id: simple-announce-en-verb-CYsdBvju
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        {
          "text": "\"There's been a change in plans,\" she announced, and her mother looked surprised."
        },
        {
          "text": "Dun & Bradstreet announced its intention to split into three separate companies by fall."
        },
        {
          "text": "They haven't announced the time of the next train yet."
        },
        {
          "text": "Recently, Halliburton also announced a deal to buy U.K.-based PSL Energy Services Ltd."
        }
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        "If you announce something, you make it public by telling people about it."
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        "If you announce somebody, you tell others that the person has arrived."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ʌˈnaʊns/",
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        "US"
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    {
      "audio": "en-us-announce.ogg",
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          "text": "\"There's been a change in plans,\" she announced, and her mother looked surprised."
        },
        {
          "text": "Dun & Bradstreet announced its intention to split into three separate companies by fall."
        },
        {
          "text": "They haven't announced the time of the next train yet."
        },
        {
          "text": "Recently, Halliburton also announced a deal to buy U.K.-based PSL Energy Services Ltd."
        }
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      ]
    }
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}

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