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Relax your lips, jaw, and tongue completely. Drop your jaw slightly and keep the tongue neutral.
How to pronounce announced in American English
uh·NOWNST
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Americans pronounce announced as uh-NOWNST (/əˈnaʊnst/). Stress falls on the second syllable — keep everything else short and quick. You'll hear it in sentences like "They announced the news on several channels" or "The lineup for the game was announced by the coach" — more examples below.
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Every sound in "announced".
2 syllables, 6 sounds. Tap a syllable to jump to its row, then explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.
n/n/
Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your teeth. Air flows through your nose.
ow/aʊ/
Start with a dropped jaw and flat tongue. Glide into a relaxed, slightly rounded lip position as the back of the tongue stretches up.
n/n/
Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your teeth. Air flows through your nose.
s/s/
Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.
t/t/
Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Keep your jaw relaxed. Stop the air, then release with a puff.
In real conversation
Hear "announced" in the wild.
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"The administration announced sweeping policy changes effective immediately."
dhee uhd·mih·nuh·STRAY·shuhn uh·NOWNST SWEE·puhng PAH·luh·see CHAYN·juhz uh·FEHK·tuhv uh·MEE·dee·uht·lee
"The ambassador announced an ambitious plan for action."
dhee am·BA·suh·der uh·NOWNST uhn am·BIH·shuhs PLAN fer A·shuhn
"The central bank announced an increase in interest rates yesterday."
dhuh SEHN·truhl BANGK uh·NOWNST uhn IHN·krees ihn IHN·truhst RAYTS YEH·ster·day
"The government announced ambitious sustainability targets for industry."
dhuh GUH·vern·muhnt uh·NOWNST am·BIH·shuhs suh·stay·nuh·BIH·luh·tee TAR·guhts fer IHN·duh·stree
"The lineup for the game was announced by the coach."
dhuh LAHY·nuhp fer dhuh GAYM wuhz uh·NOWNST bahy dhuh KOHCH
"The professor announced that the test would be open book."
dhuh pruh·FEH·ser uh·NOWNST dhuht dhuh TEHST wuud bee OH·puhn BUUK
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Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
01
Stressing the wrong syllable.
Stress falls on the second syllable, not the others. Stretch NOWNST — keep everything else short and quick.
UH·nownst→uh·NOWNST
02
Pronouncing the first syllable too fully.
Don't pronounce the first syllable too fully. The unstressed syllable reduces to a schwa — the lazy "uh" sound — in casual speech.
UH·NOWNST→uh·NOWNST
Questions
Questions people ask about this.
How is "announced" stressed in American English?
Stress falls on the second syllable — say "NOWNST" with a longer, fuller vowel and keep every other syllable short and quick. The respell "uh-NOWNST" marks the stressed syllable in capitals so the rhythm is easy to read at a glance.
Why does the first syllable in "announced" reduce to "uh"?
Unstressed syllables in American English collapse toward a schwa — a lazy, neutral "uh" sound. The full vowel is what textbooks teach, but in actual American speech every unstressed vowel reduces. The respell "uh-NOWNST" shows the reduced form so you can hear the casual rhythm directly.
Is the American pronunciation of "announced" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "uh-NOWNST" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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