announcing
Sayuh-NOWNS-ing/əˈnaʊn(t)sɪŋ/UK/əˈnaʊnsɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of announce.
The company is announcing its quarterly results tomorrow morning.
Announcing the merger publicly triggered a sharp rise in the stock price.
Note
One spelling does two grammatical jobs. As a participle it builds the progressive (is announcing its results); as a gerund it acts as a noun (announcing the merger triggered a rise). The silent e of announce drops before -ing. In American usage the form also names the announcer's trade: announcing a ball game, or simply announcing for a living.
announcing is a form of announce
announce, verb: To make something known publicly or formally, often for the first time, such as news, a plan, a decision, or a verdict. Full entry
- Spelling
- announce → announcing: drop the e, add -ing
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