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# announced

«announced» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of «announce»: told many people something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (announce, announces, announced, announcing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Announced is the past form of «announce»: told many people something important, officially or loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#m1)

2) It can also mean said something in a firm or surprising way: «"I'm leaving," she announced.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#m2)

3) It can mean showed that something was coming: «Thunder announced the storm.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, the head teacher announced the winners at assembly; news on loudspeakers and TV is announced. In stories, «announced» is a speech verb that shows a character saying something proudly or suddenly. Phrases: «it was announced that…», «announced the winner», «announced over the loudspeaker».

### examples

- The head teacher announced the winners at assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#x1)
- The pilot announced that we were landing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#x2)
- It was announced that school would close early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#x3)
- «I've lost my tooth!» Max announced proudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#x4)
- The train delay was announced over the loudspeaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#x5)
- The government announced new rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#x6)
- They announced the baby's birth to the family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#x7)
- A loud bell announced the end of break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#x8)
- “I have come for my courage,” announced the Lion, entering the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/#x9)

### note

Past tense and past participle: announced. Noun: announcement; person: announcer. Pattern: «announce something to someone» (not «announce someone something»).

### In the corpora

- [Know what was officially announced, and stop there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/4/)
- [Theo's grandma sent twenty pounds in cash, and Theo announced it was all going on games.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/10/)
- [Fear ye not, neither be afraid; have I not announced unto thee of old, and declared it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.977/)
- [I have announced unto thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1064/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «announced» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announced/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.