announced

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of announce.

   The company announced record profits this quarter.

   A new chairman was announced at the annual meeting.

   Note

   One regular -ed spelling fills both slots: she announced the winner; the winner has been announced. The passive works for every transitive use, including the American one of calling a game (the match was announced by a veteran). The intransitive American use, as in he announced for the local station, has only active forms. Placed before a noun, the same spelling becomes the adjective meaning 'declared in advance'.

2. 2
   adjective

   Made publicly known in advance through a formal statement; declared.

   The announced candidate withdrew from the race within a week.

   Ticket prices rose well above the announced figure.

   Similardeclared, stated, published

   Oppositeundisclosed

   Note

   The adjective earns its keep beside its opposite. Inspectors make announced and unannounced visits, and economists set announced policies against unannounced ones. It is also gradable: music can leave something barely announced, and the comparative is more announced. With very before it, the word stresses that an aim is the official, stated one, as in the test's very announced purpose.

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