simple past tense and past participle of announce
"The CEO announced that the company would be laying off several employees next week."
In plain English: Announced means to make something known publicly so everyone can hear about it.
"The manager announced that the meeting would start at noon."
Usage: Use announced to describe when someone publicly declared or made an official statement about something in the past. Ensure the person being spoken about actually communicated the information to an audience rather than just thinking or deciding on it privately.
declared publicly; made widely known
"their announced intentions"
"the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy"
The word announced is simply the past tense of announce, which entered English from French around the 14th century to mean making something known publicly. Since its meaning has remained consistent over time, it traveled into our language directly without a significant shift in definition.