# announcement

Pronunciation: say "uh-NOWNS-muhnt" /əˈnaʊns.mənt/

## Noun

1. The act of making something known publicly or giving notice of it.
   - Simple: The act of telling people about something so that they all know it.
   - _The company delayed its announcement until after the market closed._
   - _Her sudden announcement that she would resign stunned the board._
2. The information or message that is made known: the substance of what is being announced.
   - Simple: The actual news or message that is being shared with people.
   - _The announcement contained three key changes to the policy._
   - _Investors parsed every word of the announcement for hints about future plans._
3. The notice, message, or posted item that carries what is being announced.
   - Simple: A notice, message, or posted item that tells people something.
   - _The wedding announcement arrived in a cream-colored envelope._
   - _Staff taped announcements to every door in the building._

## Origin

This word comes from Middle French "annoncement." By surface analysis, it can also be read as "announce" combined with the suffix "-ment."

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