announcement

Definition

  • noun: a written or spoken statement that tells people about something
  • noun: the act of 'announcing' or of being 'announced'
  • synonyms: proclamation, publication, intimation

Examples

  • Our program will pause now for a brief 'commercial announcement'. [=a television or radio commercial]

  • Many people were surprised by the government's 'announcement' that there will be a cut in taxes.

  • We had to leave before the 'announcement' of the winners. [=before the winners were announced]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We did everything, everything, we could but the doctors couldn't save him. Very sorry Mrs Murphy. We're going to be making the announcement shortly. You shut me down. I was about to get a confession. Mattox shut you down. I removed your transmitter so that he wouldn't do it again. (..)
    2014 RoboCop