back-announce
back-announce verb: to briefly identify the music or story that has just aired. Also the alternative form of back announce.
Verb
back-announce (third-person singular simple present back-announces, present participle back-announcing, simple past and past participle back-announced)
- To briefly identify the music or story that has just aired.
- It helps after long interviews, to back-announce the interviewee and the subject.1978, Barrie Redfern, Local radio, page 78
- You back-announce the music just played, making a few appropriate comments about the music or the performers.1991, Stuart Wallace Hyde, Television and radio announcing, page 335
Also used as
back-announce is also the alternative form of back announce.
Forms of back-announce
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | back-announces |
| present participle | back-announcing |
| past participle | back-announced |
| past | back-announced |
| Noun | |
| plural | back-announces |
Questions about back-announce
- What does back-announce mean?
- Back-announce means to briefly identify the music or story that has just aired.
- What part of speech is back-announce?
- Back-announce is a verb.
- What is the past tense of back-announce?
- The past tense of back-announce is back-announced.
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