announcement: Meaning and Definition of

an•nounce•ment

Pronunciation: (u-nouns'munt), [key]
— n.
  1. public or formal notice announcing something: The announcement appeared in the newspapers.
  2. the act of announcing.
  3. a short message or commercial, esp. 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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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