Declare (Verb)
Meaning 1
State emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- Answer For
- Take The Fifth Amendment
- Exclaim
- Assert
- Speak Up
- Assure
- Avow
- Sound Off
- Aver
- Advise
- Animadvert
- Suggest
- Condemn
- Swan
- Sanctify
- Verify
- Depose
- Take The Stand
- Doom
- Attest
- Depone
- Speak Out
- Hallow
- Bear Witness
- Bless
- Promulgate
- Swear
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Meaning 2
Proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 4
Make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 5
State firmly; "He declared that he was innocent".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 6
Designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 7
Authorize payments of; "declare dividends".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 8
Declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.