announcement
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French annoncement.[1] By surface analysis, announce + -ment.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /əˈnaʊns.mɛnt/
Audio (California): (file)
Noun
[edit]announcement (plural announcements)
- 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."
- That which conveys what is announced.
- This announcement was made during the first training session.
- The content which is announced.
- The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]act
|
that which conveys what is announced
|
content
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
References
[edit]- “announcement, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “announcement, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ “announcement, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Middle French
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms suffixed with -ment
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Communication