verb
1.
Synonyms: declare 1, advertise, annunciate, blazon, broadcast, bruit (about), proclaim, promulgate, publish, sound
Related Word: communicate, impart
Contrasted words: hush (up), smother, stifle, suppress
2.
to point to as a future occurrence or development
the shortening days announce the coming of winter
Synonyms: forerun, foreshow, harbinger, herald, preindicate, presage
Related Word: augur, forebode, forecast, foretell, predict
3.
Synonyms: indicate 2, argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, testify, witness
Related Word: present, set forth, show (forth)