announced
/ənˈaʊnst/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.96 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having been preceded by an announcement; declared.
verb
simple past and past participle of announce
Example Sentences
- "But this test's very announced purpose was to measure and evaluate seismic signals at effective distances extending from the point of testing out to all distances where the signal could be detected."
- "Rational-expectations believers presumably must fall back on unannounced and inappropriate policies (monetary or other) , having declared that announced policies will be discounted ex ante."
- "Boccherini's textural, lineless music offers many such passages that invite the listener to suppose something "barely announced.""
- "The RCN calls for the CQC to undertake more announced and unannounced inspections, and for staffing metrics to be explicitly included within their approach."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English announced From announce + -ed.
Inflected Forms
more announced (comparative)
most announced (superlative)