declare
pronunciation
How to pronounce declare in British English:
UK [dɪˈkleə(r)]
How to pronounce declare in American English:
US [dɪˈkler]
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- Verb:
- state emphatically and authoritatively
- announce publicly or officially
- state firmly
- declare to be
- authorize payments of
- designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
- make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
- proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
Word Origin
- declare
- declare: [14] To declare something is to make it ‘clear’. English acquired the word from Latin dēclārāre ‘make clear’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and clārāre ‘make clear’, a derivative of clārus ‘clear’.=> claret, clear
- declare (v.)
- early 14c., from Old French declarer "explain, elucidate," or directly from Latin declarare "make clear, reveal, disclose, announce," from de- intensive prefix (see de-) + clarare "clarify," from clarus "clear" (see clear (adj.)). Related: Declared; declaring.
Example
- 1. So should we declare mr eckert guilty as charged ?
- 2. I declare peace and harmony within me and around me .
- 3. Some greens were quick to declare victory .
- 4. You can definitely declare an array of tchar .
- 5. Do you have anything else to declare ?