English Explanatory Dictionary

declare

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To make clear, explain, interpret.
To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
To show one's cards in order to score.
For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.
To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
to declare war
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.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈklɛə/ /dɪˈklɛɚ/ /dəˈklɛɚ/ en-us-declare.ogg en-au-declare.ogg

Word forms

declare declares declaring declared no-table-tags glossary declarest declaredst declareth

Etymology

From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).

Synonyms

assert asseverate attest aver avouch avow certify claim confirm construct declare define depone dictate disclose inform initialize judge make known proclaim state swear announce forerun blare herald impart publish promulgate promulge divulge

Antonyms

deinitialize dissolve

Derived words

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

Translations

Belarusian: дэкларава́ць Bulgarian: декларирам Catalan: declarar Chinese Cantonese: 宣布 Hakka Chinese: 宣布 Chinese: 宣布 Chinese Mandarin: 宣布 Czech: deklarovat Danish: proklamere Danish: erklære Dutch: verklaren Dutch: aangeven Esperanto: deklari Estonian: kuulutama Finnish: julistaa Finnish: ilmoittaa Finnish: tullata French: déclarer Galician: declarar German: bekanntmachen German: bekanntgeben German: deklarieren German: verzollen Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 Greek: ανακοινώνω Ancient Greek: ἀποφαίνω Hungarian: kijelent Ido: deklarar Italian: dichiarare Japanese: 宣言する Kazakh: мәлімдеу Kazakh: білдіру Kazakh: жариялау Kazakh: ашық айту Latin: dēclārō Latin: ēloquor Latin: eloquor Lingala: sakola Māori: whakapuaki Norman: dêcliather Old English: ānemnan Polish: deklarować Polish: zadeklarować Portuguese: declarar Romanian: declara Russian: деклари́ровать Russian: объявля́ть Sanskrit: शंसति Spanish: declarar Swedish: deklarera Thai: เปิดเผย Turkish: beyan etmek Turkish: deklare etmek Turkish: ilan etmek Ukrainian: декларува́ти Ukrainian: оголо́шувати Zazaki: êlan kerden

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