announce
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Is announce a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of announce?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.Examples: "Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts."; "Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines."; "The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll."Synonyms: proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgatetransitive
2. (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.Examples: "Publish laws, announce / Or life or death."Synonyms: adjudicate, judgetransitive
3. (chiefly US):Examples: "Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games."UStransitive
4. (chiefly US):Examples: "Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces."USintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary