Crossword clues for announcement
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Announcement \An*nounce"ment\, n. The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1798, from French announcement, from Old French anoncier (see announce). Or else formed in English from announce + -ment. Earlier in same sense was announcing.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An act of announcing, or giving notice. 2 That which conveys what is announced. 3 The content which is announced.
WordNet
n. a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" [syn: proclamation, annunciation, declaration]
a public statement about something that is happening or going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English" [syn: promulgation]
Wikipedia
An announcement (ANN) is a Usenet, mailing list or e-mail message sent to notify subscribers that a software project has made a new release version. Newsgroup announcement recipients often have a name like "comp.somegroup.announce". Mailing list announcement recipients often have a name like "toolname-announce". In an announcement, the subject line commonly contains the abbreviated prefix ANN: or [ANN].
The contents of an announcement usually contain a title line which contains the tool name, version, release name, and date. Additional contents often fall into the following message sections:
- About: a short paragraph summary of the tool's purpose
- Changes: a list of the highest impact changes since the last release (should be brief since the changelog comprises the definitive list)
- Resources: links to project pages of interest, such as homepage, where to download, bug tracking system, etc.
Some additional, optional fields might include "Highlights", "Author(s)", "License", "Requirements", and "Release History".
Announcement messages are usually sent in plain text form.
Announcement may refer to:
- "Announcement" (song), a 2008 song by Common
- Announcement (computing), a message about a new software version
- Public service announcement, a media message in the public interest
"Announcement" is the second single released by Common from his 2008 album Universal Mind Control. The single was produced by The Neptunes and features Pharrell. The song was released as a 3-track digital EP. It samples "Dreams" by The Notorious B.I.G.
Usage examples of "announcement".
Upon the announcement of the betrothal she came to South Street, just as her cousins knew she would, all agog to hear the whole story.
Florian uncomfortably made the announcement that Madame Alp was off to get married.
There, servants supplied them with refreshments while they awaited the important announcement of the evening - the question of the Argyle treasures.
Whether it was befitting that announcement should be made to her of that which was to be begotten of her?
Vitta and Hero Buss heard the announcement in their prison and thought it the worst news possible.
Jane was preparing for her visit to Merlin Place, so possessed with anxiety to ascertain if Pennyloaf knew anything about Clara Hewett that all her troubles were for the moment in the back ground, Bessie Byass came running upstairs with a strange announcement.
The engagement announcement had been made immediately following the christening of Jesse Elizabeth Creed and had surprised and delighted the assembled planters, their wives, sons, and daughters.
This idea of the cytoblastema was early thrown into suspicion, and almost at the time of the announcement of the cell doctrine certain microscopists made the claim that these cells did not come from any structureless medium, but by division from other cells like themselves.
Constitution, and as a State be admitted into the Union, and that no legislation by Congress should be permitted to interfere with the free exercise of that will when so expressed, was but the announcement of the fact so firmly established in the Constitution, that sovereignty resided alone in the States, and that Congress had only delegated powers.
Opinions vary as to whether the doorkeeper intends the announcement that he is going to shut the gate merely as an answer, or to emphasize his devotion to duty, or because he wants to arouse remorse and sorrow in the man at the last moment.
Professor Durand was walking in from the truck while the announcement was in progress.
Silence was tense, expressions puzzled, as Fant began his crisp announcement.
Flag B shot up to the yardarm, an announcement and warning that fuelling was in progress.
And a group of militant anti-GM campaigners are being pursued by Interpol, after their announcement that they have spliced a metabolic pathway for cyanogenic glycosides into maize seed corn destined for human-edible crops.
It was an elaborate, glyphic, coloured announcement of his forthcoming death - if they could pull it off.