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de·clare
 declare
- pronunciation:
- dih
kleIr
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
declared, declares, declaring |
| definition 1: |
to proclaim or formally announce.
The judge declared the ban to be unconstitutional.Congress has declared war.The rebel leader declared that all power was now his.She declared her candidacy for the office of governor.- synonyms:
- announce, proclaim, pronounce
- similar words:
- adjudge, allege, call, decree, plead, promulgate
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| definition 2: |
to state strongly or with emphasis.
He declared that he was innocent.- synonyms:
- affirm, allege, assert, avouch, contend, insist, maintain, state
- similar words:
- aver, avow, certify, profess, protest, say, testify
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| definition 3: |
to reveal or make manifest.
He declared his affections for her in a letter.- synonyms:
- disclose, express, manifest, reveal
- similar words:
- announce, divulge, evidence, evince, say
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| definition 4: |
to make a full statement of (goods or income to be taxed).
You have to declare all of your income on your tax return.The customs officer asked if she had any items to declare.- synonyms:
- disclose
- similar words:
- list, state
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| related words: |
claim, confess, contend, deliver, depose, disclose, express, insist, leak, maintain, own, pass, phrase, proclaim, purport, put, render, resound, signify, sing, sound, submit, swear, vow |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to make a declaration.
- synonyms:
- pronounce
- similar words:
- decree, ordain, predicate, protest, testify
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| definition 2: |
to proclaim one's opinion or position (usu. fol. by for or against).
- similar words:
- pass, protest
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| related words: |
argue, depose, inform, own, plead, profess, swear, vow |
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