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

  • (..) - Why are you behaving like this? - You come from Greenwich Village. - I'm moving uptown. Yonkers. But before you move... I cannot keep them waiting. I must make an announcement. - What shall I say? - Tell them it was all my fault. Maggie, where's Dick? You told him to go and he went. (..)
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