different between apprise vs announce

English

Alternative forms

• apprize (archaic)

Etymology

From French appris, apprise, past participle of apprendre (“to teach”), from Latin apprehendere, present active infinitive of apprehend? (“grasp with the mind”), from ad- (“to”) +? prehend? (“take, seize”). Cognate to apprehend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?a??z/
• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

apprise (third-person singular simple present apprises, present participle apprising, simple past and past participle apprised)

1. (transitive) To notify, or to make aware; to inform.

Synonyms

• keep (someone) abreast, up to date/up-to-date; See also Thesaurus:inform

Translations

See also

• appraise

References

• “apprise”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• sappier

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.p?iz/
• Rhymes: -iz

Adjective

apprise

1. feminine singular of appris

Verb

apprise

1. feminine singular of the past participle of apprendre

Anagrams

• papiers
• piperas
• repipas

English

Etymology

From Old French anoncier, from Latin ann?nti?re, from ad + n?nti? (“report, relate”), from n?ntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio, and compare with annunciate.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?-nouns', IPA^(key): /??na?ns/
• (UK) enPR: ?-nouns', IPA^(key): /??na?ns/; enPR: ?'nouns, IPA^(key): /?æ.na?ns/
• Rhymes: -a?ns

Verb

announce (third-person singular simple present announces, present participle announcing, simple past and past participle announced)

1. (transitive) to give public notice, especially for the first time; to make known
   • c. 1780 William Gilpin, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain

     Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.

   Synonyms: proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate

2. (transitive) to pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence
   • c. 1718, Matthew Prior, First Hymn of Callimachus

     Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.

   Synonyms: abjudicate, judge

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:announce

Derived terms

Translations

References

• announce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.