Declare

See also declaré, and déclaré

English

Etymology

From French déclarer, from Latin dēclārāre (“‘to make clear’”), from de- + clārus (“‘clear’”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈklɛː/

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Verb

Infinitive to Declare

Third person singular declar

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Declare (third-person singular simple present declar, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:

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

2. (intransitive): To make a declaration.
3. (intransitive): To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.

   He declared him innocent.

4. (intransitive, cricket): For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
5. (transitive): To announce something formally or officially.
6. (transitive): To affirm or state something emphatically.
7. (transitive, cricket): To declare (an innings) closed.
8. (transitive): To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
9. (transitive, computing) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.

   The counter "i" was declared as an integer.

Derived terms

• declarant
• declaration
• declarative
• declaratory
• declarer
• declare war

Translations

to make a declaration

Bulgarian: декларирам bg(bg) Chinese: 宣布 (xuānbù) Esperanto: deklari eo(eo) Estonian: kuulutama et(et) Finnish: julistaa fi(fi), ilmoittaa fi(fi)

French: déclarer fr(fr) German: bekanntmachen de(de), bekanntgeben de(de), deklarieren de(de) Hungarian: kijelent hu(hu) Italian: dichiarare it(it) Russian: декларировать ru(ru) (deklarírovat’), объявлять ru(ru) (ob”javlját’)

to announce one's support, choice, opinion, etc

Bulgarian: провъзгласявам bg(bg), заявявам bg(bg) Chinese: 宣布 (xuānbù) Finnish: julistaa fi(fi), ilmoittaa fi(fi) French: déclarer fr(fr)

German: ausrufen de(de), aussagen de(de), erklären de(de) Italian: dichiarare it(it) Korean: 선언하다 (seoneonhada)

cricket: for the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete

to announce something formally or officially

Bulgarian: обявявам bg(bg), заявявам bg(bg) Chinese: 宣布 (xuānbù) Finnish: julistaa fi(fi), ilmoittaa fi(fi) French: déclarer fr(fr)

German: bekanntmachen de(de), bekanntgeben de(de), deklarieren de(de), verkünden de(de) Italian: dichiarare it(it) Russian: объявлять ru(ru) (ob”javlját’)

to affirm or state something emphatically

Chinese: 宣布 (xuānbù) Finnish: julistaa fi(fi) French: déclarer fr(fr)

German: feststellen de(de), deklarieren de(de), erklären de(de) Italian: dichiarare it(it)

cricket: to declare an innings closed

To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.

Bulgarian: декларирам bg(bg)

German: verzollen de(de)

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: اعلن (áʕlana) Belarusian: аб'явіць (ab’javíts’) Dutch: verklaren nl(nl) Greek: δηλώνω el(el) (dilóno) Hebrew: להצהיר (lehatzhyr)

Japanese: 宣言する (sengén surú) Korean: 선언하다 (seoneonhada) Latin: declarare la(la) Persian: اظهار (azhâr), روشنگری (roshangari) Portuguese: declarar pt(pt) Spanish: declarar es(es) Swedish: deklarera (1,2), uppgiva

Anagrams

• acdeelr,
• cleared
• relaced

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Portuguese

Verb

Declare

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb declarar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb declarar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb declarar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb declarar.

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Spanish

Verb

Declare (infinitive declarar)

1. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of declarar.
2. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of declarar.
3. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of declarar.
4. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of declarar.

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