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pre-announce

pre-announce is the alternative form of preannounce.

Meaning of preannounce

Verb

preannounce (third-person singular simple present preannounces, present participle preannouncing, simple past and past participle preannounced)

  1. (transitive) To announce in advance.
    • The company preannounced the impending takeover.
    Synonyms:
    foreannounce

Forms of pre-announce

third-person singular presentpre-announces
present participlepre-announcing
past participlepre-announced
pastpre-announced

Origin of pre-announce

From pre- + announce.

Questions about pre-announce

What is pre-announce the alternative form of?
Pre-announce is the alternative form of preannounce.

Words near pre-announce in the dictionary

  1. pre-amp
  2. pre-amplifier
  3. pre-amplifiers
  4. pre-amps
  5. pre-anal
  6. pre-announce
  7. pre-announced
  8. pre-announcement
  9. pre-announces
  10. pre-announcing
  11. pre-anthropic

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