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ankündigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • advertise verb To promote a product, service, or event publicly in order to attract interest or sales.
  • announce verb To make something known publicly, especially for the first time.
  • bill noun A request for payment, listing what is owed for goods or services.
  • harbinger noun A person or sign that shows something is about to happen, especially something important.
  • portend verb To serve as a warning or omen of.
  • tout verb To promote or praise something enthusiastically, often to sell it.

Senses

ankündigen is used for these senses in English:

  • advertise (transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.]
  • announce (transitive) To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
  • bill (transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.
  • harbinger (transitive) To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.
  • portend (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
  • tout (transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
  • usher in To announce the arrival of something; to herald.

announce — full definition

  1. verb To make something known publicly, especially for the first time.
  2. verb To act as the presenter or commentator for an event, especially in sports or broadcasting.

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