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

  • (..) The regulations required a single victor has been... suspended! From now on, two victors maybe crowned if both originate from the same district. This will be the only announcement. Oh my God! Peeta! Peeta! Hi. It's okay. What was it? (..)
    2012 The Hunger Games