announcement English · revision 6078

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1798}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈnaʊns.mənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is either [[bor|fr|annoncement]] or formed in English from [[announce]] and the suffix [[-ment]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Announce is from Old French [[m|fro|anoncier]], from [[la|annūntiāre]], from [[m|la|ad-|t=to]] and [[m|la|nūntiāre|t=to report]], from [[m|la|nūntius|t=messenger]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The action of announcing, a public or official notice: 1798.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) MWU gives 1781 as its first known use.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Before announcement the noun in this sense was announcing.^(Etymonline) Hoad notes that the verb [[announce]] itself, though from the 15th century, was rare before the 18th,^(Hoad 1986) which explains the late date of the noun.^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) A brief notice in a newspaper and a formal printed card, as for a wedding or a change of address, are later senses.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1781 – first known use, according to MWU.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1798 – an announcement.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A public [[statement]] that makes something known.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of announcing.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A short item or [[advertisement]] in a newspaper.^(Collins 2023)

+ # A formal printed notice, as of a wedding or birth.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[preannouncement]]

+ * [[reannouncement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[announce]]

+ * [[annunciation]]

+ * [[nuncio]]

+ * [[denounce]]

+ * [[pronounce]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}