Announced

How to spell announced

9 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce announced

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does announced mean?

1. verbMade something known publicly or formally, especially as official news.

Announced in a sentence

• The company announced record profits at the morning briefing.

• She announced her resignation in a short email to the whole team.

Where does announced come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word traces back to the Latin verb annuntiare, meaning 'to report' or 'to bring news', which was built from the prefix ad- ('to' or 'toward') and nuntiare ('to make known'), itself derived from nuntius, a 'messenger'. English took it through Old French anoncier in the 1300s, where it carried the sense of giving formal or public notice. The same nuntius root quietly survives in relatives such as 'pronounce', 'denounce', and 'nuncio', the title still used for a papal envoy. The double n in the modern spelling comes directly from the Latin assimilation of ad- to an- before the n of nuntiare, and that doubled consonant is exactly the spot where writers hesitate. The final -ed is simply the regular past-tense ending added to the verb 'announce'.

How the word is built

• an- (assimilated form of Latin ad-: to, toward)
• nounce (from nuntiare: to report, bring news)
• -ed (past tense suffix)