transitive verb announced -·nounced′, announcing -·nounc′·ing

1. to declare publicly; give notice of formally; proclaim
2. to say or tell
3. to make known the arrival of
4. to make known through the senses footsteps announced his return
5. Radio, TV to be an announcer for

Etymology: ME announcen < OFr anoncier < L annuntiare, to make known < ad-, to + nuntiare, to report < nuntius, messenger: see nuncio

intransitive verb

1. to serve as a radio or television announcer
2. ☆ to make known publicly one's candidacy or one's political endorsement of another: with for