declare

From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈklɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈklɛɚ/, /dəˈklɛɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt  (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:

     Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.

   • 1664, Robert Boyle, chapter III, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. , 2nd edition, London: Henry Herringman , published 1670, →OCLC, part I, page 26:

     To declare this a little, vve muſt aſſume, that the Surfaces of all ſuch Bodies, […] are exactly ſmooth only in a popular, or at moſt in a Phyſical ſenſe, but not in a ſtrict and rigid ſenſe.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.

   Synonyms: disclose, make known; see also Thesaurus:announce

   He declared him innocent.

   declare bankruptcy

   declare victory

   declare war

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.

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   declare an innings closed

3. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

   Synonyms: disclose, make known, divulge

   • 1984 April 2, Richard Woodbury, Anastasia Toufexis, “Law: The Trouble with Harry”, in Time:

     The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.

4. (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
5. (intransitive, politics) 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.

6. (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.

   The counter "i" was declared as an integer.

7. (grand strategy games, slang) to declare war

   France declared on me, I'm finished!

8. (Christianity, particularly Evangelicalism) 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.

   He prayed to God "please heal my sister", while she declared "I am healed in Jesus' name".

• Recalde, cedrela, cleared, creedal, relaced

declare

1. inflection of declarar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɾi, (Portugal) -aɾɨ
• Hyphenation: de‧cla‧re

declare

1. inflection of declarar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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declare

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of declara

• IPA^(key): /deˈklaɾe/
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: de‧cla‧re

declare

1. inflection of declarar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative