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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Announce \An*nounce"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Announced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Announcing}.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See {Nuncio}, and cf. {Annunciate}.]
1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. --Gilpin.
2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Publish laws, announce Or life or death. --Prior.
Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate.
Usage: To {Publish}, {Announce}, {Proclaim}, {Promulgate}. We {publish} what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We {announce} what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to {announce} the speedy publication of a book; to {announce} the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We {proclaim} anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to {proclaim} the news of victory. We {promulgate} when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to {promulgate} the gospel.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
announce
verb
1: make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly" [syn: {denote}]
2: announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war" [syn: {declare}]
3: give the names of; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee"
4: foreshadow or presage [syn: {annunciate}, {harbinger}, {foretell}, {herald}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "announce": advertise, affirm, allege, annunciate, antecede, antedate, anticipate, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, attest, augur, aver, avouch, avow, be before, be early, bespeak, betoken, blazon, break the news, bring word, broadcast, bruit about, circulate, come before, communicate, confirm, contend, declare, declare roundly, disclose, divulge, enunciate, express, forebode, forecast, forerun, foreshow, foretell, give a report, give notice, give tidings of, harbinger, have, herald, hint at, hold, impart, inform, insist, intimate, issue a manifesto, issue a statement, lay down, maintain, make a statement, make an announcement, make known, make public, manifesto, notify, portend, preannounce, precede, precurse, predate, predicate, predict, preexist, preindicate, presage, present, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, propound, protest, publicize, publish, publish a manifesto, put, put forth, put it, put out, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, rumor, run before, say, set down, set forth, show forth, signal, sound, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, suggest, tell, testify, usher in, witness, write up
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