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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun annunciation has 3 senses
- annunciation(n = noun.time) annunciation day, lady day, march 25 - a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland; Array is a kind of quarter day
- annunciation(n = noun.communication) Array - (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ; Array is a kind of announcement, promulgation
- annunciation(n = noun.communication) announcement, declaration, proclamation - a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" is a kind of statement
is a part of mar, march
has particulars: edict, promulgation
CIDE DICTIONARY
annunciation, n. [L. annuntiatio: cf. F. annonciation.].
- The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace. [1913 Webster]
- The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
annunciation, n.
1 (Annunciation) a the announcing of the Incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to Mary, related in Luke 1:26-38. b the festival commemorating this (Lady Day) on 25 March.
2 a the act or process of announcing. b an announcement.
1 (Annunciation) a the announcing of the Incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to Mary, related in Luke 1:26-38. b the festival commemorating this (Lady Day) on 25 March.
2 a the act or process of announcing. b an announcement.
Etymology
ME f. OF annonciation f. LL annuntiatio -onis (as ANNUNCIATE)
THESAURUS
annunciation
affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, bulletin board, circular, communique, conclusion, creed, declaration, dictum, edict, encyclical, enunciation, ipse dixit, manifesto, notice, notification, position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation, profession, program, programma, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, protestation, public notice, report, say, say-so, saying, stance, stand, statement, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper, wordROGET THESAURUS
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Information
N information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge, publicity, data, communication, intimation, notice, notification, enunciation, annunciation, announcement, communiqu_e, representation, round robin, presentment, case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition, news, return, account, statement, mention, acquainting, instruction, outpouring, intercommunication, communicativeness, informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective, sleuth, mouchard, spy, newsmonger, messenger, amicus curiae, valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide, guidebook, handbook, vade mecum, manual, map, plan, chart, gazetteer, itinerary, hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay, gesture, gentle hint, broad hint, verbum sapienti, a word to the wise, insinuation, information theory, bit, byte, word, doubleword, quad word, paragraph, segment, magnetic media, paper medium, optical media, random access memory, RAM, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, informed, communique, reported, published, expressive, explicit plain spoken, (artless), nuncupative, nuncupatory, declaratory, expository, enunciative, communicative, communicatory, from information received, a little bird told me, I heard it through the grapevine.
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