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# announcement

noun (an announcement, announcements)

«announcement» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An announcement is a public message that tells people some news or information. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#m1)
2. The act of telling people something officially. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#m2)

### In the lessons

At school, announcements are made in assembly or over the loudspeaker: a trip, a winner, a change of plan. At stations and airports, announcements tell travellers about trains and planes. Phrases: make an announcement, an important announcement, listen to the announcements.

### Examples

- The headteacher made an announcement in assembly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x1)
- Listen carefully to the announcements on the train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x2)
- There was an announcement that the pool is closed today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x3)
- The announcement said our flight was delayed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x4)
- The teacher has an exciting announcement: we are going to the zoo! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x5)
- I missed the announcement because I was talking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x6)
- An announcement over the speaker told everyone to go to the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x7)
- This unexpected announcement caused the princess such terror that she sank down in a dead faint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: an announcement. Verb: announce. Spelling: double n — an-noun-ce-ment, keep the e. To make an announcement (not do an announcement).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «announcement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«announcement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/announcement.html) on Mova free.