Dictionary entry details
• ANNOUNCE (verb)
Meaning:
Make known; make an announcement
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
announce; denote
Context example:
She denoted her feelings clearly
Hypernyms (to "announce" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "announce"):
post (publicize with, or as if with, a poster)
advertise; advertize; publicise; publicize (call attention to)
call out (call out loudly, as of names or numbers)
blare out; blat out (announce loudly)
trump; trump out (proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare)
blazon out; cry (proclaim or announce in public)
report (announce as the result of an investigation, or announce something to the proper authorities)
report (announce one's presence)
meld (announce for a score; of cards in a card game)
denounce (announce the termination of, as of treaties)
sound (announce by means of a sound)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Announce publicly or officially
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
announce; declare
Context example:
The President declared war
Hypernyms (to "announce" is one way to...):
say; state; tell (express in words)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "announce"):
promulgate (put a law into effect by formal declaration)
nol. pros.; nolle pros; nolle prosequi (declare that a legal case will not be prosecuted)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They announce that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Give the names of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He announced the winners of the spelling bee
Hypernyms (to "announce" is one way to...):
identify; name (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Foreshadow or presage
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
herald; harbinger; foretell; annunciate; announce
Hypernyms (to "announce" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
