announcement

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
23
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/əˈnaʊns.mənt/ (US)

Definition of announcement

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An act of announcing, or giving notice.
    “He raised his hand to make his announcement and said, "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."”
    “Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?”
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noun

  1. An act of announcing, or giving notice.
    “He raised his hand to make his announcement and said, "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."”
    “Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?”
  2. That which conveys what is announced.
    “This announcement was made during the first training session.”
  3. The content which is announced.
    “The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce + -ment.

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