announced
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
announce/əˈnaʊns/
▶verb make a formal public declaration about a fact, occurrence, or intention.
■ make known the arrival of (a guest) at a formal social occasion.
– derivatives
announcement noun.
announcement noun.
– origin C15: from Fr. annoncer, from L. annuntiare, from ad- ‘to’ + nuntiare ‘declare, announce’.
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