Meaning & use

announced

verb·Everyday

Made a public or formal statement to give people information about a fact, event, or decision.

See it in a sentence

The mayor announced that the new library would open to the public next month.

She announced her engagement to her family at a small dinner on Sunday evening.

A note on using this word

Announced suits formal or public statements; for casual news you would more naturally say told or mentioned.

Words with a similar meaning

declaredproclaimed

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Words with an opposite meaning

concealed

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