declare

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈklɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈklɛɚ/, /dəˈklɛɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Verb

declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.

   Synonyms: disclose, make known; see also Thesaurus:announce

   declare bankruptcy

   declare victory

   declare war

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     One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.

   declare an innings closed

3. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

   Synonyms: disclose, make known, divulge
4. (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
5. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result

6. (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.

7. (grand strategy games, slang) to declare war [with on]

   France declared on me, I'm finished!

8. (Christianity, particularly Evangelicalism) 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.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Recalde, cedrela, cleared, creedal, relaced

Galician

Verb

declare

1. inflection of declarar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɾi, (Portugal) -aɾɨ
• Hyphenation: de‧cla‧re

Verb

declare

1. inflection of declarar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈklare]

Verb

declare

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of declara

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈklaɾe/ [d̪eˈkla.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: de‧cla‧re

Verb

declare

1. inflection of declarar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative