| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To pronounce or enunciate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To notify, announce, proclaim, advertise or inform. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To aver or allege. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To certify or affirm. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To say, tell or speak. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To represent or pretend. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To annunciate or promulgate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Present participle conjugation of the verb declare.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (declare) | 1. State emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with".[Wordnet]. 2. Announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war".[Wordnet]. 3. State firmly; "He declared that he was innocent".[Wordnet]. 4. Declare to be; "She was declared incompetent".[Wordnet]. 5. Authorize payments of; "declare dividends".[Wordnet]. 6. Designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand.[Wordnet]. 7. Make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?".[Wordnet]. 8. Proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast".[Wordnet]. 9. To make clear; to free from obscurity.[Websters]. 10. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce.[Websters]. 11. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.[Websters]. 12. To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.[Websters]. 13. To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as, victory declares against the allies.[Websters]. 14. To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.[Websters]. 15. Base verb from the following inflections: declaring, declared, declares, declarer, declarers, declaringly and declaredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DECLARING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DECLARING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] Making known by words or by other means; manifesting; publishing; affirming; reciting the cause of complaint.. | 2: [Noun] Declaration; proclamation.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of declare. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: declare
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Declare oneself | Ask (someone) to marry you. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Declare Yourself | Declare Yourself is a campaign initiated during the 2004 United States presidential elections to encourage young people to register to vote. It evolved from the Declaration of Independence Road Trip, a 50-city cross-country tour of a rare Dunlap broadside of the Declaration of Independence. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: declare
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| To declare | Finance | In relation to a dividend: the company declares a dividend, i. e. it pays it, usually on presentation of a specific dividend coupon or coupons. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| To declare | Law | TO DECLARE. To make known or publish. By the constitution of the United States, congress have power to declare war. In this sense the word, declare, signifies, not merely to make it known that war exists, but also to make war and to carry it on. 4 Dall. 37; 1 Story, Const. §428; Rawle on the Const. 109. In pleading, to declare, is the act of filing a declaration. (references) | |
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