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- pronunciation:
- pr
kleIm
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, 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.Few people believed the story until authorities proclaimed it true.A specialist proclaimed the document to be authentic.The decree from the czar proclaimed that the serfs were now free.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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