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| advertising |
a particular way of putting out notices to the public in order to announce or sell something, or such notices generally. [1/2 definitions] |
| announce |
When you announce something, you tell it to people like a piece of news. The thing that you announce is often an important thing, and usually you tell it to many people at the same time. |
| bill1 |
to announce or advertise to the public in a certain way. [1/5 definitions] |
| declare |
to announce in a formal way. [1/3 definitions] |
| name |
When you name things, you tell what they are out loud, like when you name the planets in the solar system or you name the parts of a flower. When you name a person, you say who they are out loud by saying their name. Sometimes when you name someone, you announce their name as someone who has done something that people want to know about. [1/5 definitions] |
| post1 |
to announce with a sign or poster. [1/3 definitions] |
| run |
When someone runs for president or other position in government, they try to be elected to that position. They announce that they want to be in that position, and they do things so that people will vote for them. [1/25 definitions] |
| sing |
to state or announce with great enthusiasm. [1/4 definitions] |
| sound1 |
to announce with or as if with a sound. [1/9 definitions] |
| threaten |
to announce an action that one might take which would have a bad effect on oneself or others, often made in order to force others to do something that one wants. [1/4 definitions] |
| toll1 |
to call or announce by ringing a large bell. [1/4 definitions] |
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