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- pronunciation:
- pr
kleIm
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
proclaims, proclaiming, proclaimed |
definition 1: |
to announce or declare officially or publicly.
The government has proclaimed a new public holiday.The rebels proclaimed independence for their country.The newspaper proclaimed her the winner.[verb + object + object
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Few people believed the story until authorities proclaimed it true.[verb + smby/smth + noun/adj
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A specialist proclaimed the document to be authentic.[verb + smby/smth + to be + noun/adj
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The decree from the czar proclaimed that the serfs were now free.[verb + (that) + clause
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The man proclaimed to all who would listen that he was innocent of all wrongdoing.- synonyms:
- announce, declare, herald
- similar words:
- adjudge, allege, blare, blaze, blazon, call, decree, introduce, knell, ordain, profess, promulgate, pronounce, publicize, publish, sing, trumpet
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definition 2: |
to make known openly or unmistakably.
Her achievements proclaim her ability.- synonyms:
- herald
- similar words:
- affirm, announce, declare, disclose, reveal, signal, trumpet
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related words: |
advertise, avouch, avow, claim, express, harbinger, post, prophesy, render, resound, say, signify, speak, state, usher |
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derivation: |
proclaimer (n.) |
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