declaration
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See also: déclaration
English
Etymology
From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
declaration (countable and uncountable, plural declarations)
- A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.
- a declaration of love
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- The act or process of declaring.
- (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
Quotations
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Luke 1:1:
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
Synonyms
- (act or process of declaring): notice
- (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement
- (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement
Hyponyms
- (computing): forward declaration
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
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list of items for various legal purposes
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act or process of declaring
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(cricket) act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed
specification of a variables type
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See also
Further reading
declaration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Middle French
Noun
declaration f (plural declarations)