announcement








noun

  1. public or formal notice announcing something: The announcement appeared in the newspapers.
  2. the act of announcing.
  3. a short message or commercial, especially a commercial spoken on radio or television.
  4. a card or piece of formal stationery containing a formal declaration of an event, as a wedding.

noun

  1. a public statement
  2. a brief item or advertisement, as in a newspaper
  3. a formal printed or written invitation
  4. the act of announcing
n.

1798, from French announcement, from Old French anoncier (see announce). Or else formed in English from announce + -ment. Earlier in same sense was announcing.

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