declare

Verb

Verb Forms: declared, declaring, declares

• To state something clearly and emphatically.
• state emphatically and authoritatively
  • "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
• announce publicly or officially
  • "The President declared war"
• state firmly
  • "He declared that he was innocent"
• declare to be
  • "She was declared incompetent"
• authorize payments of
  • "declare dividends"
• designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
• make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
  • "Do you have anything to declare?"
• proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
  • "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"
• To make clear, explain, interpret.
• To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
• 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
• The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.
• To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
• to declare war
• 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.

Examples

• declare an innings closed
• declare bankruptcy
• declare victory
• declare war
• France declared on me, I'm finished!
• He chose to DECLARE his bingo, proudly laying out all seven tiles.
• He declared at 689-7.
• He declared him innocent.
• He prayed to God "please heal my sister", while she declared "I am healed in Jesus' name".
• Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
• The counter "i" was declared as an integer.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

deinitialize, dissolve