different between announcement vs hearsay

For Wiktionary's announcements, see Wiktionary:Announcements

English

Etymology

announce +? -ment

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??na?ns.m?nt/

Noun

announcement (plural announcements)

1. An act of announcing, or giving notice.

   He raised his hand to make his announcement and said "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make.

2. That which conveys what is announced.

   This announcement was made during the first training session.

3. The content which is announced.

   The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

Synonyms

• proclamation
• publication

Translations

References

• announcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “announcement” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

English

Etymology

From Middle English hyere-zigginge (1340), here sey (ca. 1438), from the phrase heren seien (“to hear [people] say”). Compare equally old Middle High German hœrsagen (14th c.), whence modern Hörensagen.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hear?say

Noun

hearsay (usually uncountable, plural hearsays)

1. Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
2. (law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
3. (law) An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally inadmissible because it is not subject to cross-examination unless the hearsay statement falls under one of a number of exceptions.

Derived terms

• double hearsay

Synonyms

• common talk
• gossip
• report
• rumor

Translations

See also

• as they say
• hear
• hear tell
• so they say
• you know what they say

Further reading

• hearsay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hearsay in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.