announce

Verb

announce (third-person singular simple present announces, present participle announcing, simple past and past participle announced)

1. (transitive) To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
   • Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.c. 1780, William Gilpin, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain
   • Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings

   Synonyms:

   proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate, sound, intimate

2. (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
   • Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.c. 1718, Matthew Prior, First Hymn of Callimachus

   Synonyms:

   adjudicate, judge

3. (US, transitive) To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).
   • Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.
4. (US, intransitive) To act or work as an announcer.
   • Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.