Announcement
[ə'naʊnsm(ə)nt] or [ə'naʊnsmənt]
Definition
(noun.) a formal public statement; 'the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war'; 'a declaration of independence'.
(noun.) a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen; 'the announcement appeared in the local newspaper'; 'the promulgation was written in English'.
Checker: Millicent--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Advertisement, notice, notification, proclamation, declaration, promulgation, annunciation, pronunciamento, manifesto.
Editor: Yvonne
Examples
- In the periodical publications of June, 1914, may be read the eloquent announcement: Langley's Folly Flies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She paused for this announcement to produce its effect. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This announcement broke up further conversation, and the entire party went out to the waiting automobiles. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Who has not had their letters, with the wafers wet, and the announcement that a person is waiting in the hall? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The announcement of the invention of the carbon filament lamp was first made to the public in December, 1879. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Archer stammered, his brain whirling with the shock of the announcement. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The certainty that Miss Vincy and Mr. Lydgate were engaged became general in Middlemarch without the aid of formal announcement. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Particulars then followed; and after the announcement of the victories came the list of the wounded and the slain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The next thing was the arrival of Sergeant Cuff; and the next great surprise was the announcement of what HE thought about the smear on the door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Jos Sedley had acted as a man of his disposition would, when the announcement of the family misfortune reached him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A few years after the announcement of Mr. Edison’s invention. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- At the last clause of this announcement a senseless anger swelled the young man's breast. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mr. van der Luyden seemed overwhelmed by the announcement. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- At last he said: 'So startling an announcement, so confidently made, and by such lips, is really disconcerting in the last degree. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- That afternoon the announcement of the Beaufort failure was in all the papers. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And that if she has not, so much the better; but still I don't wish to have the honour of making announcements to her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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