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Spell Bee Word: Announce


What does announce mean?

Word: Announce

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Announce means to tell people something publicly or officially.

Synonyms: proclaim, state

Antonyms: conceal, hide

How do you spell announce?

Syllables: an - nounce

Tricky part: There is a double n near the start. Students who hear only one n sound often write anounce.

Watch out for: anounce, announse, annonce

Memory tip: Two n's stand side by side like the two loudspeakers on a station platform, ready to announce the next train.

Announce in a sentence

Example 1: The school will announce the winners at the assembly.

Example 2: Did you hear the pilot announce that we are landing?

Example 3: My parents announced that we are going to Spain in May.

Fun Fact

At big railway stations, announcements tell passengers which platform their train will leave from.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: announce

a) complain
b) delay
c) whisper
d) declare

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d) declare. To declare is to say something openly, just as you do when you announce it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nucoenan

a) announcer
b) pronounce
c) announce
d) renounce

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c) announce. There is no r among the letters, which rules out the other three.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) loudspeiker
b) speach
c) announce
d) messege

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c) announce. Announce is right; message, loudspeaker and speech each have a wrong vowel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To announce a holiday is to ____.

a) tell everyone about it
b) keep it a secret
c) put it off
d) ask for it

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a) tell everyone about it

2. How might a pilot announce that the plane is about to land?

a) over the speakers in the cabin
b) by writing on every window
c) by knocking on each seat
d) by sending each passenger a letter

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a) over the speakers in the cabin

Associated Words

Words that end in -ounce: ounce, pounce, bounce

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: proclaim, conceal, hide

More words from this list

cobalt, discus, fragile, introduce, narrator, qualifier, solitary, underpass

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