Definition of "declare"

declare

/dɪˈklɛə/

verb
third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared
1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
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  Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
  1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], Matthew ]
  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.
  1664, Robert Boyle, chapter III, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1670, part I, page 26
2. (transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
3. (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
4. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
  Quotations
  One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster. Audio (US)(file)
  2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
5. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
6. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
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  The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
  1984 April 2, Richard Woodbury, Anastasia Toufexis, “Law: The Trouble with Harry”, in Time
7. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
8. (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.

Definition of "declare"

declare

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