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ANNUNCIATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does annunciate mean?
• ANNUNCIATE (verb)
The verb ANNUNCIATE has 1 sense:
1. foreshadow or presage
Familiarity information: ANNUNCIATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they annunciate ... he / she / it annunciates
Past simple: annunciated
Past participle: annunciated
-ing form: annunciating
... he / she / it annunciates Past simple: annunciated
Past participle: annunciated
-ing form: annunciating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foreshadow or presage
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
announce; annunciate; foretell; harbinger; herald
Hypernyms (to "annunciate" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
annunciator (an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard))
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