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declaration

noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌdek.ləˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: D EH2 K L ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Specifically, a declaration of love.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act or process of declaring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: resolution, resolve

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: document, written document, papers

Narrower terms: joint resolution, Declaration of Independence

9

noun

Meaning 9

a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statement

Narrower terms: bastardization, confession, manifesto, pronunciamento, pronouncement, dictum, say-so, assertion, averment, asseveration, protestation, postulation, predication, threat

10

noun

Meaning 10

a formal public statement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
  • a declaration of independence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: announcement, proclamation, annunciation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statement

Narrower terms: edict, promulgation

11

noun

Meaning 11

(law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his declaration of innocence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: testimony

12

noun

Meaning 12

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contract

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bid, bidding

13

noun

Meaning 13

a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statement

History

Etymology

From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.

Across languages

Translations

193 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: deklaratë — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Albanian: shpallje — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Arabic: إِعْلَان (ʔiʕlān) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Arabic: بَيَان (bayān) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Armenian: հայտարարություն (haytararutʻyun) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Assamese: ঘোষণা (ghüxona) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Asturian: declaración — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Azerbaijani: bəyannamə — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Azerbaijani: deklarasiya — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Belarusian: зая́ва (zajáva) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Belarusian: дэклара́цыя (deklarácyja) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Belarusian: аб'яўле́нне (abʺjawljénnje) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Belarusian: аб'яўле́ньне (abʺjawljénʹnje) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Bengali: ঘোষণা (ghōśona) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Bulgarian: заявле́ние (zajavlénie) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Bulgarian: деклара́ция (deklarácija) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Bulgarian: изявле́ние (izjavlénie) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Catalan: declaració — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聲明 /声明 (shēngmíng) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ (ouōnh) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Coptic: ⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ (omologia) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Czech: prohlášení — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Czech: vyhlášení — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Danish: erklæring — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Dutch: verklaring — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Dutch: declaratie — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Esperanto: deklaro — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Esperanto: deklaracio — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Estonian: avaldus — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Estonian: deklaratsioon — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Finnish: julistus — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Finnish: tiedoksianto — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • French: déclaration — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • West-Frisian: ferklearring — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Galician: declaración — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Georgian: დეკლარაცია (deḳlaracia) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • German: Erklärung — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • German: Deklaration — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (insahts) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Greek: κύρηξη (kýrixi) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Greek: διακύρηξη (diakýrixi) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה (hats'hará) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Hindi: घोषणा (ghoṣṇā) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Hindi: बयान (bayān) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Hindi: एलान (elān) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Hindi: इज़हार (izhār) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Hungarian: nyilatkozat — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Icelandic: yfirlýsing — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Ido: deklaro — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Indonesian: deklarasi — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Irish: dearbhú — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Italian: dichiarazione — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Italian: asserzione — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Italian: voto — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Italian: conferma — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Italian: enunciazione — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Japanese: 宣言 (sengen) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Kazakh: мәлімдеме (mälımdeme) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Korean: 선언 (seoneon) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Kyrgyz: декларация (deklaratsiya) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Kyrgyz: айкындама (aykındama) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Latin: fatum — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Latvian: paziņojums — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Latvian: deklarācija — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Lithuanian: pareiškimas — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Lithuanian: deklaracija — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Macedonian: изјава (izjava) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Macedonian: декларација (deklaracija) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Malay: perisytiharan — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Marathi: घोषणा (ghoṣṇā) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Mongolian: тунхаглал (tunxaglal) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Mongolian: тунхаг (tunxag) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Mongolian: зарлал (zarlal) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Mongolian: мэдүүлэг (medüüleg) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Norwegian Bokmål: erklæring — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Norwegian Bokmål: deklarasjon — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: erklæring — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: deklarasjon — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Pashto: اعلام (e'lām) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Pashto: اعلاميه (e'lāmyá) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Pashto: بيان نامه (bayān nāmá) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Iranian Persian: اِعْلام (e'lâm) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Iranian Persian: اِعْلامِیِّه (e'lâmiyye) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Iranian Persian: اِظْهَار (ezhâr) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Iranian Persian: اِعْلان (e'lân) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Polish: deklaracja — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Polish: oświadczenie — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Portuguese: declaração — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Romanian: declarație — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Russian: заявле́ние (zajavlénije) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Russian: деклара́ция (deklarácija) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Russian: объявле́ние (obʺjavlénije) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏зјава — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉzjava — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Slovak: prehlásenie — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Slovak: vyhlásenie — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Slovene: izjava — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Spanish: declaración — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Swedish: tillkännagivande — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Tajik: изҳор (izhor) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Tajik: эълом (e'lom) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Tajik: эъломия (e'lomiya) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Tajik: эълон (e'lon) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Tamil: அறிவிப்பு (aṟivippu) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Tatar: декларация (deklaratsiyä) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Thai: การประกาศ (gaan-bprà-gàat) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Tocharian B: weweñor — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Turkish: beyanname — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Turkish: bildirge — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Turkish: ilan — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیاننامه (beyanname) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Ottoman Turkish: اعلان (ilan) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Turkmen: beýannama — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Ukrainian: зая́ва (zajáva) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Ukrainian: деклара́ція (deklarácija) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Ukrainian: оголо́шення (oholóšennja) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Urdu: بَیان (bayān) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Urdu: اِعْلان (i'lān) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Urdu: اِظْہار (izhār) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Uzbek: bayonot — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Uzbek: deklaratsiya — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Yiddish: דעקלאַראַציע (deklaratsye) — written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
  • Armenian: հայտարարագիր (haytararagir) — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Azerbaijani: bəyannamə — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Belarusian: дэклара́цыя (deklarácyja) — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Bulgarian: деклара́ция (deklarácija) — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Catalan: declaració — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 報單 /报单 (bàodān) — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Czech: deklarace — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Danish: deklaration — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Finnish: selvitys — list of items for various legal purposes
  • French: déclaration — list of items for various legal purposes
  • German: Erklärung — list of items for various legal purposes
  • German: Deklaration — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Irish: dearbhú — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Italian: elenco — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Central Kurdish: بەیان (beyan) — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Latin: fatum — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Macedonian: декларација (deklaracija) — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: deklarasjon — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: deklarasjon — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Polish: deklaracja — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Portuguese: declaração — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Romanian: declarație — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Russian: деклара́ция (deklarácija) — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Slovak: deklarácia — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Swedish: deklaration — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Turkish: beyanat — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Turkish: bildirge — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Ukrainian: деклара́ція (deklarácija) — list of items for various legal purposes
  • Armenian: հայտարարում (haytararum) — act or process of declaring
  • Asturian: declaración — act or process of declaring
  • Bulgarian: заявя́ване (zajavjávane) — act or process of declaring
  • Bulgarian: деклари́ране (deklarírane) — act or process of declaring
  • Catalan: declaració — act or process of declaring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 報單 /报单 (bàodān) — act or process of declaring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宣言 (xuānyán) — act or process of declaring
  • Czech: vyhlášení — act or process of declaring
  • Danish: deklaration — act or process of declaring
  • Finnish: julistus — act or process of declaring
  • French: déclaration — act or process of declaring
  • Galician: declaración — act or process of declaring
  • German: Erklärung — act or process of declaring
  • German: Deklaration — act or process of declaring
  • Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה (hats'hará) — act or process of declaring
  • Ido: deklaro — act or process of declaring
  • Latin: fatum — act or process of declaring
  • Māori: whakapuakanga — act or process of declaring
  • Polish: deklaracja — act or process of declaring
  • Polish: zaświadczenie — act or process of declaring
  • Portuguese: declaração — act or process of declaring
  • Romanian: declarare — act or process of declaring
  • Russian: заявле́ние (zajavlénije) — act or process of declaring
  • Russian: объявле́ние (obʺjavlénije) — act or process of declaring
  • Spanish: declaración — act or process of declaring
  • Swedish: förklaring — act or process of declaring
  • Swedish: deklaration — act or process of declaring
  • Tamil: அறிவிப்பு (aṟivippu) — act or process of declaring
  • Greek: διάταγμα (diátagma) — (cricket) act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed
  • Latin: fatum — (cricket) act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed
  • Czech: deklarace — specification of a variables type
  • Finnish: esittely — specification of a variables type
  • Finnish: muuttujan tyypin määrittely — specification of a variables type
  • Finnish: deklaraatio — specification of a variables type
  • German: Deklaration — specification of a variables type
  • Greek: δήλωση (dílosi) — specification of a variables type
  • Greek: επιβεβαίωση (epivevaíosi) — specification of a variables type
  • Greek: ανακοίνωση (anakoínosi) — specification of a variables type
  • Latin: fatum — specification of a variables type
  • Polish: deklaracja — specification of a variables type
  • Russian: объявле́ние (obʺjavlénije) — specification of a variables type
  • Turkish: açıklayıcı deyim — specification of a variables type
Real reading context

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