Dictionary

declare en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dəˈklɛɚ/ (General-American)
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• /dɪˈklɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈklɛɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
   • Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:
   • To declare this a little, vve muſt aſſume, that the Surfaces of all ſuch Bodies, […] are exactly ſmooth only in a popular, or at moſt in a Phyſical ſenſe, but not in a ſtrict and rigid ſenſe. 1664, Robert Boyle, chapter III, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC, part I, page 26:
2. (intransitive, transitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
   • One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster. 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
   • declare victory
   • He declared him innocent.
   • I'll declare for the presidency.
   • declare war
   • declare independence
   • Einstein could not abide the randomness of quantum mechanics. God does not play dice with the world, he declared. 1989 May, John Boslough, “Searching for the Secrets of Gravity”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 576:
   • declare an innings closed
   • declare bankruptcy
3. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
   • The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income. 1984 April 2, Richard Woodbury, Anastasia Toufexis, “Law: The Trouble with Harry”, in Time:
4. To show one's cards in order to score.
5. (intransitive) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
   • Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
6. The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.
   • He declared at 689-7.
7. (transitive) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
   • The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
8. (qualifier:grand strategy games, slang) To declare war.
   • France declared on me, I'm finished!
9. (qualifier:particularly Evangelicalism) 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.
   • He prayed to God "please heal my sister", while she declared "I am healed in Jesus' name".

Forms

Antonyms

dissolve · deinitialize

Deriveds

declare war · redeclare · declarant · declarative · declarement · forward-declare · nondeclaring · predeclare · foredeclare · misdeclare · self-declare · declaration · aforedeclared · declaratory · declare against · undeclare · I declare · I do declare · declarer · declarable

Hypernyms

announce · communicate

Hyponyms

propound · accuse · profess · debate · allege · protest · broach · propose · depose · contend

Synonyms

proclaim · impart · aver · define · asseverate · blare · herald · disclose · declare · publish · inform · construct · confirm · avouch · assert · make known · swear · divulge · claim · certify · state · disclose · avow · initialize · declare · promulge · forerun · make known · disclose · attest · depone · proclaim · make known · promulgate · disclose · make known · judge · dictate · announce

Translations (149)

ro declara (to announce something formally or officially) · la eloquor (to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.) · ja 宣言する (to make a declaration) · fr déclarer (to affirm or state something emphatically) · fi ilmoittaa (to announce something formally or officially) · be дэкларава́ць (to announce something formally or officially) · fr déclarer (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · uk оголо́шувати (to make a declaration) · pl zadeklarować (to announce something formally or officially) · kk мәлімдеу (to make a declaration) · yue 宣布 (to make a declaration) · fi ilmoittaa (to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.) · la eloquor (to announce something formally or officially) · fi julistaa (to affirm or state something emphatically) · fi julistaa (to make a declaration) · nl verklaren (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · pt declarar (to announce something formally or officially) · cmn 宣布 (to affirm or state something emphatically) · mi whakapuaki (to make a declaration) · es declarar (to make a declaration) · gl explicar (to make clear, explain) · da proklamere (to make a declaration) · hu megmagyaráz (to make clear, explain) · vi ban bố (to announce something formally or officially) · fi julistaa (to announce something formally or officially) · nl verklaren (to announce something formally or officially) · io deklarar (to make a declaration) · uk декларува́ти (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · bg обявявам (to announce something formally or officially) · gl declarar (to make a declaration) · grc ἀποφαίνω (to announce something formally or officially) · gl declarar (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · zza êlan kerden (to make a declaration) · vi tuyên bố (to announce something formally or officially) · th เปิดเผย (to make a declaration) · de deklarieren (to make a declaration) · de verzollen (to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.) · es aclarar (to make clear, explain) · pl deklarować (to make a declaration) · hu kifejt (to make clear, explain) · it dichiarare (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · gl declarar (to announce something formally or officially) · de bekanntgeben (to announce something formally or officially) · fi selittää (to make clear, explain) · la eloquor (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · tr deklare etmek (to make a declaration) · nl verklaren (to make a declaration) · hu kinyilvánít (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · el δηλώνω (to announce something formally or officially) · be аб'яві́ць (to announce something formally or officially) · fr expliquer (to make clear, explain) · ang ānemnan (to make a declaration) · th ประกาศ (to announce something formally or officially) · de bekanntmachen (to announce something formally or officially) · fr déclarer (to announce something formally or officially) · fi esitellä (in programming) · fi ilmoittaa (to make a declaration) · ru объявля́ть (to make a declaration) · uk декларува́ти (to make a declaration) · hu nyilatkozik (to announce something formally or officially) · tr ilan etmek (to make a declaration) · pt declarar (to make a declaration) · la dēclārō (to make a declaration) · sv deklarera (to affirm or state something emphatically) · bg заявявам (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · gl declarar (to affirm or state something emphatically) · cmn 宣布 (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · et kuulutama (to make a declaration) · kk ашық айту (to make a declaration) · fi vakuuttaa (to affirm or state something emphatically) · nan-hbl 宣布 (to make a declaration) · gd gairm (to announce something formally or officially) · fi julistaa (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · nrf dêcliather (to make a declaration) · it dichiarare (to make a declaration) · sv deklarera (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · kk жариялау (to make a declaration) · ro declara (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · sa शंसति (to make a declaration) · fi tullata (to make a declaration) · pl deklarować (to announce something formally or officially) · eo deklari (to make a declaration) · hu kijelent (to make a declaration) · la eloquor (cricket: for the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete) · de bekanntmachen (to make a declaration) · bg заявявам (to announce something formally or officially) · it dichiarare (to announce something formally or officially) · da erklære (to make a declaration) · bg декларирам (to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.) · da erklære (in programming) · pt declarar (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · de ausrufen (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · la ēloquor (to make a declaration) · hu kijelent (to announce something formally or officially) · pt declarar (to affirm or state something emphatically) · fi ilmoittaa (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · be аб'яўля́ць (to announce something formally or officially) · bg провъзгласявам (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · fi tullata (to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.) · la eloquor (to affirm or state something emphatically) · uk оголо́шувати (to announce something formally or officially) · ln sakola (to make a declaration) · hu nyilatkozik (to affirm or state something emphatically) · nrf dêcliather (Jerey) (to announce something formally or officially) · uk заявля́ти (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · pl zadeklarować (to make a declaration) · hu értelmez (to make clear, explain) · it dichiarare (to affirm or state something emphatically) · ko 선언하다 (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · ro declara (to make a declaration) · de bekanntgeben (to make a declaration) · ru объявля́ть (to announce something formally or officially) · hu deklarál (in programming) · sv deklarera (to announce something formally or officially) · de verkünden (to announce something formally or officially) · hak 宣布 (to make a declaration) · ca declarar (to make a declaration) · el ανακοινώνω (to make a declaration) · de deklarieren (to announce something formally or officially) · nl verklaren (to affirm or state something emphatically) · cmn 宣布 (to make a declaration) · de erklären (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · es explicar (to make clear, explain) · fr déclarer (to make a declaration) · de aussagen (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · hu kinyilvánít (to announce something formally or officially) · vi ban hành (to announce something formally or officially) · cs deklarovat (to make a declaration) · mi whakapuaki (to announce something formally or officially) · kk білдіру (to make a declaration) · sv deklarera (to make a declaration) · nrf dêcliather (to affirm or state something emphatically) · be дэкларава́ць (to make a declaration) · hu kijelent (to affirm or state something emphatically) · mfe deklare (to make a declaration) · de feststellen (to affirm or state something emphatically) · bg декларирам (to make a declaration) · ru деклари́ровать (to make a declaration) · tr beyan etmek (to make a declaration) · nl aangeven (to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.) · de erklären (to affirm or state something emphatically) · grc ἀποφαίνω (to make a declaration) · got 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to make a declaration) · ca declarar (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · nrf dêcliather (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · cmn 宣布 (to announce something formally or officially) · de deklarieren (to affirm or state something emphatically) · hu nyilvánít (to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc) · uk заявля́ти (to announce something formally or officially)