Past tense of announce
regular verb
The past tense of announce is announced. The past participle is also announced.
Forms of announce
| Base form (V1) | announce /əˈnaʊns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | announced |
| Past participle (V3) | announced |
| Present participle | announcing |
| Third person singular | announces |
Announced in a sentence
- Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye.1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings
- Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55
- The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front.From the entry bank
- The Sunak government announced plans to stem the flow of migrants coming into Great Britain.From the entry government
- Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits.From the entry jump
Meaning of announce
- verb To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
- verb To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
- verb To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).
Questions about the past tense of announce
- What is the past tense of announce?
- The past tense of announce is announced.
- What is the past participle of announce?
- The past participle of announce is announced.
- Is announce a regular or irregular verb?
- Announce is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: announce (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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