(~s, announcing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
He will ~ tonight that he is resigning from office...
She was planning to ~ her engagement to Peter...
It was ~d that the groups have agreed to a cease-fire.
VERB: V that, V n, it be V-ed that
2.
If you ~ a piece of news or an intention, especially something that people may not like, you say it loudly and clearly, so that everyone you are with can hear it.
Peter ~d that he had no intention of wasting his time at any university...
‘I’m having a bath and going to bed,’ she ~d, and left the room.
= declare
VERB: V that, V with quote
3.
If an airport or railway employee ~s something, they tell the public about it by means of a loudspeaker system.
Station staff ~d the arrival of the train over the tannoy...
They ~d his plane was delayed.
VERB: V n, V that