announcement

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/əˈnaʊns.mənt/

noun 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

formal, official | public | government

dramatic, surprise

The company made a dramatic announcement about closing three factories next month.

VERB + ANNOUNCEMENT

issue, make

The company issued an announcement about the new product launch on Monday morning.

greet, welcome

The news of the promotion was welcomed by everyone in the department.

ANNOUNCEMENT + VERB

come

The company's announcement about the new policy came during the staff meeting yesterday.

PREP

in a/the ~

The company revealed its expansion plans in an announcement made during the morning meeting.

~ about

The company made an announcement about the new product launch next month.

~ by/from

The company made an important announcement by its CEO during the morning meeting.

Definitions

noun

An act of announcing, or giving notice.

He raised his hand to make his announcement and said, "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."

Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?

That which conveys what is announced.

This announcement was made during the first training session.

The content which is announced.

The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a formal public statement

noun — a public statement containing information about an event tha

promulgation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

He raised his hand to make his announcement and said, "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."

Wiktionary

Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where

Wiktionary

This announcement was made during the first training session.

Wiktionary

Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.

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The announcement brought him to his feet.

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The announcement exaggerated the number of casualties.

Tatoeba · #44437

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