announcements
Formal public statements
Announcements are public notices or declarations intended to inform people about something.
The word typically implies official or formal communication: a company makes announcements about earnings, a school posts announcements about schedule changes, a couple announces their engagement.
Did you see the announcements in the paper?
The singular announcement works the same way but refers to one instance.
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- declarationFormal public announcement
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
directive · pronouncement · notice · communique · statement · memorandum · circular · ordinance
Brief public announcement
- newscastBroadcast of current events
- airwavesRadio frequency spectrum
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
podcast · livestream · on-air · anchor · transmission · public address · loudspeaker · intercom
Constructing from components
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- promHigh school formal dance
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
commencement · dean's list · honor roll · class ranking · valedictorian · scholarship · suspension · expulsion
Official statement for media
- quarterly earningsIncome reported every season
- mergerCorporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- IPOFirst public stock offering
layoffs · restructuring · product launch · recall · rebranding · partnership · expansion · quarterly report
Commitment to wed or attend
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- birthComing into the world
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
funeral · retirement · promotion · resignation · milestone · anniversary · reunion · moving
decree
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- declarationFormal public announcement
mandate · directive · pronouncement · notice · communique · statement · memorandum · circular · ordinance · ruling
bulletin
Brief public announcement
- newscastBroadcast of current events
- airwavesRadio frequency spectrum
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
television · podcast · livestream · on-air · anchor · transmission · public address · loudspeaker · intercom · PA system
assembly
Constructing from components
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- promHigh school formal dance
orientation · commencement · dean's list · honor roll · class ranking · valedictorian · scholarship · suspension · expulsion · cancellation
press release
Official statement for media
- quarterly earningsIncome reported every season
- mergerCorporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
IPO · layoffs · restructuring · product launch · recall · rebranding · partnership · expansion · quarterly report · shareholder
engagement
Commitment to wed or attend
obituary · funeral · retirement · promotion · resignation · milestone · anniversary · reunion · moving · divorce
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- print mediaheadline, magazine, articles, news, byline
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- bulletinsbulletin, bulletins, news bulletin, church bulletin, weather bulletin
- Bus Stationsbus depot, departure gates, arrival gates, platforms, boarding area
announcementssecrets
Concealed information
concealments · cover-ups · suppressions · classified information · silences
announcementssilence
Total lack of sound
silences · reticence · withholdings · no comment · muteness
- wedding announcementPublished marriage notification
- public announcementOfficial communication to all
- baby announcementNewborn's introduction to others
- public service announcementsFree broadcasts promoting civic welfare
- birth announcementNotice of newborn's arrival
- pregnancy announcementRevealing impending parenthood