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

  • (..) I hardly ever see children around here. Please, check in with your unit... A lot of them were lost in an epidemic a few years ago. - I have an announcement for the citizens of . - Coin lost her family, too. Daughter and a husband. And our welcome guests from . Katniss Everdeen has consented (..)
    2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1