Dictionary

predeclare en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + declare.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To declare or announce beforehand.
   • their indefeasible power of predeclaring the eternal destiny of every living layman 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:
2. (transitive) To declare some source code element (such as a class) in advance of its full description, so that other preceding parts of the code can refer to it.

Forms

Synonyms

forward-declare