announce English · revision 6704

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1483|origins=la nuntius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈnaʊns/, /əˈnaʊn(t)s/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fro|anoncier|t=to announce, proclaim]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|annuntio|alt=annūntiāre|t=to bring news to]], from [[m|la|ad-|t=to]] and [[m|la|nuntio|alt=nūntiāre|t=to report]], from [[m|la|nuntius|t=messenger]], of unknown origin,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) which Etymonline derives from PIE [[ine-pro|*new-|alt=*neu-|t=to shout]].^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[annunciate]].^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To make known, proclaim: 1483, in Caxton;^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) about 1500 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) Hoad notes that it was rare before the 18th century.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To make known the approach or presence of someone, as of a guest, is from 1761,^(OED 1989) and to show something without words, as when dark clouds announce rain, from 1808.^(OED 1989) [[announcement|alt=Announcement]] is from 1798,^(Barnhart 1988) and [[announcer]], one who introduces programmes on radio or television, is a 20th-century sense.^(AHD) Word Origins lists [[denounce]], [[pronounce]], [[renounce]] and [[enunciate]] as relatives.^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1483 – to proclaim.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1761 – to announce a guest.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1798 – announcement.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1808 – to indicate without words.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make known publicly; to [[proclaim]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To declare the arrival or presence of: ''announce a guest''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To give an indication of beforehand; to [[foretell]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To act as an announcer for a broadcast.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[announceable]]

+ * [[reannounce]]

+ * [[announcement]]

+ * [[announcer]]

+ * [[preannounce]]

+ * [[unannounced]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[annunciation]]

+ * [[denounce]]

+ * [[pronounce]]

+ * [[renounce]]

+ * [[nuncio]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}