Declare

  • 11declare — ► VERB 1) announce solemnly or officially. 2) (declare oneself) reveal one s intentions or identity. 3) (declared) having admitted that one is the specified thing: a declared atheist. 4) acknowledge possession of (income or goods on which tax or… …

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  • 12declare to be — index pronounce (pass judgment) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13declare — early 14c., from O.Fr. declarer explain, elucidate, or directly from L. declarare make clear, reveal, disclose, announce, from de intensive prefix (see DE (Cf. de )) + clarare clarify, from clarus clear (see CLEAR (Cf. clear)). Related: Declared …

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  • 14declaré — Declaré, [declar]ée. part …

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  • 15declare — verb 1 STATE OFFICIALLY (T) to state officially and publicly that a particular situation exists or that something is true: declare that: The doctor finally declared that the man was dead. | declare sth (to be) sth: The government of New South… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16declare — de|clare W2 [dıˈkleə US ˈkler] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(state officially)¦ 2¦(state what you think)¦ 3 declare war (on somebody/something) 4¦(money/property etc)¦ 5 declare an interest 6¦(cricket)¦ Phrasal verbs  declare against somebody/something  declare… …

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  • 17declare — [[t]dɪkle͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ declares, declaring, declared 1) VERB If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention. [WRITTEN] [V that] Speaking outside Ten Downing… …

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  • 18declare */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈkleə(r)] / US [dɪˈkler] verb [transitive] Word forms declare : present tense I/you/we/they declare he/she/it declares present participle declaring past tense declared past participle declared 1) to announce officially that something is… …

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  • 19declare — declarable, adj. /di klair /, v., declared, declaring. v.t. 1. to make known or state clearly, esp. in explicit or formal terms: to declare one s position in a controversy. 2. to announce officially; proclaim: to declare a state of emergency; to… …

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  • 20declare — v. 1 tr. announce openly or formally (declare war; declare a dividend). 2 tr. pronounce (a person or thing) to be something (declared him to be an impostor; declared it invalid). 3 tr. (usu. foll. by that + clause) assert emphatically; state… …

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