[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

announcement \announce"ment\, n.
   the act of announcing, or giving notice; that which
   announces; proclamation; publication.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

announcement
     n 1: a formal public statement; "the government made an
          announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a
          declaration of independence" syn: proclamation, annunciation,
           declaration
     2: 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
see also:
proclamation annunciation declaration promulgation 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

110 moby thesaurus words for "announcement":
   account, acquaintance, ad, advert, advertisement, affirmance,
   affirmation, allegation, annunciation, assertion, asseveration,
   averment, avouchment, avowal, blue book, briefing, broadcast,
   bulletin, bulletin board, circular, commercial, communication,
   communique, conclusion, conveyance, creed, data, datum,
   declaration, dictum, directory, disclosure, dispatch, edict,
   encyclical, enlightenment, enunciation, evidence, facts,
   factual information, familiarization, gen, general information,
   giving, guidebook, handout, hard information, impartation,
   imparting, impartment, incidental information, info, information,
   instruction, intelligence, ipse dixit, knowledge, light, manifesto,
   mention, message, notice, notification, position, position paper,
   positive declaration, predicate, predication, presentation,
   proclamation, profession, program, programma, promotional material,
   promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proof, proposition,
   protest, protestation, public notice, publication, publicity,
   release, report, say, say-so, saying, sharing, sidelight, spot,
   stance, stand, statement, telling, the dope, the goods, the know,
   the scoop, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal,
   ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper, word

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