Origin: Latin suffix -ment
Announcement has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
a formal public statement
"the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"
"a declaration of independence"
a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
"the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"
"the promulgation was written in English"
An act of announcing, or giving notice.
"The sudden announcement from management caused a ripple of confusion throughout the office."
In plain English: An announcement is a public statement made to tell people something important.
"The loud announcement over the intercom told everyone that school was dismissed for the day."
Usage: An announcement is a public statement made to inform people about something new or important. Use this word when referring to any formal notice, such as a press release or an oral declaration given to an audience.
The word announcement comes from Middle French and originally meant a formal declaration or proclamation. It entered English through the process of combining the verb to announce with the suffix -ment to create a noun form.