Definition of Announcement

1. Noun. A formal public statement. "A declaration of independence"

Exact synonyms: Annunciation, Declaration, Proclamation
Generic synonyms: Statement
Specialized synonyms: Edict, Promulgation
Derivative terms: Announce, Declare, Proclaim

2. Noun. A public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen. "The promulgation was written in English"
Exact synonyms: Promulgation
Generic synonyms: Statement
Specialized synonyms: Advisory, Banns, Handout, Press Release, Release, Notice, Program, Programme, Wanted Notice, Wanted Poster
Specialized synonyms: Annunciation
Derivative terms: Announce, Promulgate

Definition of Announcement

1. n. The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

Definition of Announcement

1. Noun. An act of announcing, or giving notice. ¹

2. Noun. That which conveys what is announced. ¹

3. Noun. The content which is announced. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Announcement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Announcement

annotationists
annotations
annotative
annotatively
annotativeness
annotator
annotators
annotatory
annotatrix
annotine
annotinous
annotto
announce
announced
announcedly
announcement (current term)
announcements
announcer
announcers
announces
announcing
annoy
annoy'd
annoyance
annoyances
annoyaunce
annoybot
annoybots
annoyed
annoyer

Literary usage of Announcement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by Confucius, James Legge (1899)
"THE announcement OF THANG. THANG had made an end of the dynasty of Hsia, and returned to Po, when he issued tliis announcement, which may be considered as a ..."

2. Access EPA: Public Information Tools (1994)
"Complete reports listed in the ORD Publication announcement are available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"SPRING announcement Wednesday and Saturday are the Book days of The Boston Evening Transcript. Circulation WEDNESDAY 40000 (Зс.) SATURDAY 60000 (5с. ..."

4. Bulletin by Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women (1905)
"announcement OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL—1905-06. The registration of regular undergraduate students at the Medical School was, on Oct. 28, 1905, as follows:— ..."

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