declare
/dɪˈklɛɚ/ verb B1- To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically. · He declared him innocent.· declare bankruptcy
- To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
- To show one's cards in order to score.
- 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.
- 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.
- To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content. · The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
- To declare war. · France declared on me, I'm finished!
- 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.
Plural declare · He/she/it declares · Past declared · Past participle declared · -ing form declaring
Verb forms
- Base form
- declare
- He/she/it
- declares
- Past
- declared
- Past participle
- declared
- -ing form
- declaring
From the library
Douglas declares that her husband had not left her more than a few minutes when she heard the shot.”
Dorothy could not see at all, but Toto could, for some dogs see very well in the dark; and the Scarecrow declared he could see as well as by day.
“I will,” declared the Scarecrow, “for, if you found that you could not jump over the gulf, Dorothy would be killed, or the Tin Woodman badly dented on the rocks below.
“Oh, no,” declared the Scarecrow; “this Lion is a coward.”
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