announced

English

Etymology

From announce +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

announced (comparative more announced, superlative most announced)

1. Having been preceded by an announcement; declared.
   • 1958, Control and Reduction of Armaments - Part 17, page 1596:

     But this test's very announced purpose was to measure and evaluate seismic signals at effective distances extending from the point of testing out to all distances where the signal could be detected.

   • 1994, Philip A. Klein, Beyond Dissent: Essays in Institutional Economics, page 92:

     Rational-expectations believers presumably must fall back on unannounced and inappropriate policies (monetary or other) , having declared that announced policies will be discounted ex ante.

   • 2006, Elisabeth Le Guin, Boccherini’s Body: An Essay in Carnal Musicology, page 75:

     Boccherini's textural, lineless music offers many such passages that invite the listener to suppose something "barely announced."

   • 2011, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee, Annual accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission, page 40:

     The RCN calls for the CQC to undertake more announced and unannounced inspections, and for staffing metrics to be explicitly included within their approach.

Derived terms

• announcedly
• unannounced

 

Verb

announced

1. simple past and past participle of announce