# announced

Pronunciation: say "uh-NOWNST" US /əˈnaʊn(t)st/, UK /əˈnaʊnst/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of announce. — simple past and past participle of announce
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of announce. Use this form for something that already happened, or after have or was.
   - _The company announced record profits this quarter._
   - _A new chairman was announced at the annual meeting._

## Adjective

2. Made publicly known in advance through a formal statement; declared.
   - Simple: Made known to people ahead of time through a public statement.
   - _The announced candidate withdrew from the race within a week._
   - _Ticket prices rose well above the announced figure._

## Origin

Formed from "announce" with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/announced (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).