declare
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈklɛə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈklɛɚ/, /dəˈklɛɚ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Verb
[edit]declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)
- (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:
- Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
- 1664, Robert Boyle, chapter III, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1670, →OCLC, part I, page 26:
- 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.
- (transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
- Synonyms: disclose, make known; see also Thesaurus:announce
- He declared him innocent.
- declare bankruptcy
- declare victory
- declare war
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- declare an innings closed
- (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
- Synonyms: disclose, make known, divulge
- 1984 April 2, Richard Woodbury, Anastasia Toufexis, “Law: The Trouble with Harry”, in Time:
- The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
- (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
- (intransitive, politics) 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.
- (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
- The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
- (grand strategy games, slang) to declare war [with on]
- France declared on me, I'm finished!
- (Christianity, 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".
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of declare
infinitive | (to) declare | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | declare | declared | |
2nd-person singular | declare, declarest† | declared, declaredst† | |
3rd-person singular | declares, declareth† | declared | |
plural | declare | ||
subjunctive | declare | declared | |
imperative | declare | — | |
participles | declaring | declared |
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to make clear, explain
to make a declaration
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to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc
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to announce something formally or officially
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to affirm or state something emphatically
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to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
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