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/dɪˈklɛə/
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General-American:
/dɪˈklɛɚ/
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/dəˈklɛɚ/
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D IH0 K L EH1 R
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To make clear, explain, interpret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
He declared him innocent. declare bankruptcy declare victory declare war declare independence declare an innings closed I'll declare for the presidency.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disclose, make known, announce, forerun, blare, declare, herald, impart, publish, proclaim, promulgate, promulge
Antonyms: none provided
To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: disclose, make known, divulge
Antonyms: none provided
To show one's cards in order to score.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: government, politics
Examples
Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
Examples
The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To declare war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: grand strategy games
Examples
France declared on me, I'm finished!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: particularly Evangelicalism
Topics: Christianity
Examples
He prayed to God "please heal my sister", while she declared "I am healed in Jesus' name".
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
state firmly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He declared that he was innocent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
declare to be
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She was declared incompetent judge held that the defendant was innocent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adjudge, hold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Narrower terms: admit, acknowledge, superannuate, bastardize, bastardise, certify, call, beatify, canonize, canonise, saint, pronounce, label, judge, cancel, strike down, formalize, formalise
announce publicly or officially
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The President declared war
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: announce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state, say, tell
Narrower terms: promulgate
proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: proclaim, exclaim, promulgate
state emphatically and authoritatively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state, say, tell
Narrower terms: plead, profess, condemn, consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify, account, answer for, propose, suggest, advise, promise, assure, take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment, sentence, doom, proclaim, exclaim, promulgate, affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear, depose, depone, testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness, decree, opine, speak up, speak out, animadvert, sound off, count out
make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Do you have anything to declare?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state, say, tell
designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: play
authorize payments of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: authorize, authorise, pass, clear
From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).
Across languages
Translations 149 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish :
selittää
— to make clear, explain
French :
expliquer
— to make clear, explain
Galician :
explicar
— to make clear, explain
Hungarian :
értelmez
— to make clear, explain
Hungarian :
kifejt
— to make clear, explain
Hungarian :
megmagyaráz
— to make clear, explain
Spanish :
explicar
— to make clear, explain
Spanish :
aclarar
— to make clear, explain
Belarusian :
дэкларава́ць
(deklaravácʹ)
— to make a declaration
Bulgarian :
декларирам
(deklariram)
— to make a declaration
Catalan :
declarar
— to make a declaration
Chinese Cantonese :
宣布
(syun1 bou3)
— to make a declaration
Hakka Chinese :
宣布
(siên-pu)
— to make a declaration
Chinese :
宣布
(soan-pò͘)
— to make a declaration
Chinese Mandarin :
宣布
(xuānbù)
— to make a declaration
Czech :
deklarovat
— to make a declaration
Danish :
proklamere
— to make a declaration
Danish :
erklære
— to make a declaration
Dutch :
verklaren
— to make a declaration
Esperanto :
deklari
— to make a declaration
Estonian :
kuulutama
— to make a declaration
Finnish :
julistaa
— to make a declaration
Finnish :
ilmoittaa
— to make a declaration
Finnish :
tullata
— to make a declaration
French :
déclarer
— to make a declaration
Galician :
declarar
— to make a declaration
German :
bekanntmachen
— to make a declaration
German :
bekanntgeben
— to make a declaration
German :
deklarieren
— to make a declaration
Gothic :
𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽
(mērjan)
— to make a declaration
Greek :
ανακοινώνω
(anakoinóno)
— to make a declaration
Ancient Greek :
ἀποφαίνω
(apophaínō)
— to make a declaration
Hungarian :
kijelent
— to make a declaration
Ido :
deklarar
— to make a declaration
Italian :
dichiarare
— to make a declaration
Japanese :
宣言する
(sengen suru)
— to make a declaration
Kazakh :
мәлімдеу
(mälımdeu)
— to make a declaration
Kazakh :
білдіру
(bıldıru)
— to make a declaration
Kazakh :
жариялау
(jariälau)
— to make a declaration
Kazakh :
ашық айту
(aşyq aitu)
— to make a declaration
Latin :
dēclārō
— to make a declaration
Latin :
ēloquor
— to make a declaration
Lingala :
sakola
— to make a declaration
Māori :
whakapuaki
— to make a declaration
Mauritian Creole :
deklare
— to make a declaration
Norman :
dêcliather
— to make a declaration
Old English :
ānemnan
— to make a declaration
Polish :
deklarować
— to make a declaration
Polish :
zadeklarować
— to make a declaration
Portuguese :
declarar
— to make a declaration
Romanian :
declara
— to make a declaration
Russian :
деклари́ровать
(deklarírovatʹ)
— to make a declaration
Russian :
объявля́ть
(obʺjavljátʹ)
— to make a declaration
Sanskrit :
शंसति
(śaṃsati)
— to make a declaration
Spanish :
declarar
— to make a declaration
Swedish :
deklarera
— to make a declaration
Thai :
เปิดเผย
(bpə̀ət-pə̌əi)
— to make a declaration
Turkish :
beyan etmek
— to make a declaration
Turkish :
deklare etmek
— to make a declaration
Turkish :
ilan etmek
— to make a declaration
Ukrainian :
декларува́ти
(deklaruváty)
— to make a declaration
Ukrainian :
оголо́шувати
(oholóšuvaty)
— to make a declaration
Zazaki :
êlan kerden
— to make a declaration
Bulgarian :
провъзгласявам
(provǎzglasjavam)
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Bulgarian :
заявявам
(zajavjavam)
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Catalan :
declarar
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Chinese Mandarin :
宣布
(xuānbù)
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Dutch :
verklaren
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Finnish :
julistaa
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Finnish :
ilmoittaa
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
French :
déclarer
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Galician :
declarar
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
German :
ausrufen
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
German :
aussagen
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
German :
erklären
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Hungarian :
nyilvánít
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Hungarian :
kinyilvánít
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Italian :
dichiarare
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Korean :
선언하다
(seoneonhada)
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Latin :
eloquor
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Norman :
dêcliather
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Portuguese :
declarar
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Romanian :
declara
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Swedish :
deklarera
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Ukrainian :
декларува́ти
(deklaruváty)
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Ukrainian :
заявля́ти
(zajavljáty)
— to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
Latin :
eloquor
— cricket: for the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete
Belarusian :
аб'яўля́ць
(abʺjawljácʹ)
— to announce something formally or officially
Belarusian :
аб'яві́ць
(abʺjavícʹ)
— to announce something formally or officially
Belarusian :
дэкларава́ць
(deklaravácʹ)
— to announce something formally or officially
Bulgarian :
обявявам
(objavjavam)
— to announce something formally or officially
Bulgarian :
заявявам
(zajavjavam)
— to announce something formally or officially
Chinese Mandarin :
宣布
(xuānbù)
— to announce something formally or officially
Dutch :
verklaren
— to announce something formally or officially
Finnish :
julistaa
— to announce something formally or officially
Finnish :
ilmoittaa
— to announce something formally or officially
French :
déclarer
— to announce something formally or officially
Galician :
declarar
— to announce something formally or officially
German :
bekanntmachen
— to announce something formally or officially
German :
bekanntgeben
— to announce something formally or officially
German :
deklarieren
— to announce something formally or officially
German :
verkünden
— to announce something formally or officially
Greek :
δηλώνω
(dilóno)
— to announce something formally or officially
Ancient Greek :
ἀποφαίνω
(apophaínō)
— to announce something formally or officially
Hungarian :
nyilatkozik
— to announce something formally or officially
Hungarian :
kijelent
— to announce something formally or officially
Hungarian :
kinyilvánít
— to announce something formally or officially
Italian :
dichiarare
— to announce something formally or officially
Latin :
eloquor
— to announce something formally or officially
Māori :
whakapuaki
— to announce something formally or officially
Norman :
dêcliather (Jerey)
— to announce something formally or officially
Polish :
deklarować
— to announce something formally or officially
Polish :
zadeklarować
— to announce something formally or officially
Portuguese :
declarar
— to announce something formally or officially
Romanian :
declara
— to announce something formally or officially
Russian :
объявля́ть
(obʺjavljátʹ)
— to announce something formally or officially
Scottish Gaelic :
gairm
— to announce something formally or officially
Swedish :
deklarera
— to announce something formally or officially
Thai :
ประกาศ
(bprà-gàat)
— to announce something formally or officially
Ukrainian :
оголо́шувати
(oholóšuvaty)
— to announce something formally or officially
Ukrainian :
заявля́ти
(zajavljáty)
— to announce something formally or officially
Vietnamese :
ban bố
— to announce something formally or officially
Vietnamese :
ban hành
— to announce something formally or officially
Vietnamese :
tuyên bố
— to announce something formally or officially
Chinese Mandarin :
宣布
(xuānbù)
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Dutch :
verklaren
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Finnish :
julistaa
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Finnish :
vakuuttaa
— to affirm or state something emphatically
French :
déclarer
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Galician :
declarar
— to affirm or state something emphatically
German :
feststellen
— to affirm or state something emphatically
German :
deklarieren
— to affirm or state something emphatically
German :
erklären
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Hungarian :
kijelent
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Hungarian :
nyilatkozik
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Italian :
dichiarare
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Latin :
eloquor
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Norman :
dêcliather
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Portuguese :
declarar
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Swedish :
deklarera
— to affirm or state something emphatically
Bulgarian :
декларирам
(deklariram)
— to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
Dutch :
aangeven
— to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
Finnish :
tullata
— to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
Finnish :
ilmoittaa
— to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
German :
verzollen
— to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
Latin :
eloquor
— to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
Danish :
erklære
— in programming
Finnish :
esitellä
— in programming
Hungarian :
deklarál
— in programming
