The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - announcementn.

1) declaration, pronouncement, proclamation, statement: Ladies and gentlemen, I wish to make an announcement. 2) notification, notice, word: We received an announcement of the wedding but no invitation. 3) commercial, advertisement, advert, ad, spot: The window was filled with announcements of houses for sale. 4) report, bulletin, communiqu‚, disclosure: An announcement has just been received from the fire-fighters at the scene.