declare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈklɛə/
ipa: /dɪˈklɛɚ/
ipa: /dəˈklɛɚ/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: declares
form: declaring
form: declared
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form: glossary
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form: declarest
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form: declaredst
form: declares
form: declareth
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form: -
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Etymology: From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).
Senses: examples: text: Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:
text: To declare this a little, vve muſt aſſume, that the Surfaces of all ſuch Bodies, […] are exactly ſmooth only in a popular, or at moſt in a Phyſical ſenſe, but not in a ſtrict and rigid ſenſe.
ref: 1664, Robert Boyle, chapter III, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC, part I, page 26:
glosses: To make clear, explain, interpret.
examples: text: He declared him innocent.
text: declare bankruptcy
text: declare victory
text: declare war
text: One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.
ref: 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
text: declare an innings closed
synonyms: word: disclose
word: make known
word: announce
word: forerun
word: declare
word: disclose
word: herald
word: impart
word: make known
word: publish
word: proclaim
word: promulgate
word: promulge
glosses: To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
examples: text: The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
ref: 1984 April 2, Richard Woodbury, Anastasia Toufexis, “Law: The Trouble with Harry”, in Time:
synonyms: disclose
make known
divulge
glosses: To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: To show one's cards in order to score.
examples: text: Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
topics: government
politics
glosses: For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
examples: text: He declared at 689-7.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.
examples: text: The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
examples: text: France declared on me, I'm finished!
info_templates: extra_data: words: on
expansion: [with on]
qualifier: grand strategy games
glosses: to declare war
examples: text: He prayed to God "please heal my sister", while she declared "I am healed in Jesus' name".
topics: Christianity
qualifier: particularly Evangelicalism
glosses: To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to prayer which takes the form of a request.
Synonyms: word: assert
word: asseverate
word: attest
word: aver
word: avouch
word: avow
word: certify
word: claim
word: confirm
word: construct
word: declare
word: define
word: depone
word: dictate
word: disclose
word: inform
word: initialize
word: make known
word: proclaim
word: state
word: swear
Hypernyms: word: announce
word: communicate
Hyponyms: word: accuse
word: allege
word: broach
word: contend
word: debate
word: depose
word: profess
word: propose
word: propound
word: protest
Derived terms: aforedeclared
declarable
declarant
declaration
declarative
declaratory
declarement
declarer
declare war
foredeclare
forward-declare
I declare
I do declare
misdeclare
nondeclaring
predeclare
redeclare
self-declare
undeclare