From Old French anoncier, from Latin annuntio, from ad + nūntiō, from nūntius.

• (British) enPR: ə-nouns', IPA: /əˈnaʊns/; enPR: ă'-nouns, IPA: /ˈæ.naʊns/
• (America) enPR: ə-noun(t)s', IPA: /əˈnaʊn(t)s/

announce (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.
   • c. 1780, William Gilpin, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain:

     Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.

   Synonyms: proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate

2. (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
   • c. 1718, Matthew Prior, First Hymn of Callimachus:

     Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.

   Synonyms: adjudicate, judge

3. (chiefly US):
   1. (transitive) To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).

      Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games.

   2. (intransitive) To act or work as an announcer.

      Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.

• See also Thesaurus:announce

• French: annoncer
• German: ankündigen, verkünden, bekanntgeben, verkündigen, verlauten
• Italian: annunciare, segnalare
• Portuguese: anunciar
• Russian: объявля́ть
• Spanish: anunciar

• German: verkünden, bekanntgeben, bekanntmachen
• Italian: pronunciare
• Portuguese: pronunciar
• Russian: оглаша́ть
• Spanish: declarar