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

  • (..) Fact: For many Christians, Jesus was mortal one day and divine the next. For some Christians, his divinity was enhanced. Absurd. There was a formal announcement of his promotion. They couldn't even agree on the Nicene Creed! Excuse me. "Who is God, who is man?" How many have been murdered (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code