declare
Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɛə/
The English word “declare” has 9 meanings listed here.
verb
- 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.
Etymology
From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).
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