[
US
/dɪˈkɫɛɹ/
]
[ UK /dɪklˈeə/ ]
[ UK /dɪklˈeə/ ]
VERB
-
announce publicly or officially
The President declared war -
make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
Do you have anything to declare? -
state firmly
He declared that he was innocent -
proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast - designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
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state emphatically and authoritatively
He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with -
authorize payments of
declare dividends -
declare to be
judge held that the defendant was innocent
She was declared incompetent
How To Use declare In A Sentence
- We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
- When the Mexican chair of the meeting declared the talks formally closed there were whoops of delight from the African delegates.
- It had begun the seventies with the declared intention of contributing 0.7 percent of the gross national product in official aid.
- This was wondered at, as my uncle has introduced him into our family declaredly as a visitor to my sister. Clarissa Harlowe
- It may also give other associations who are holding their fire at the minute out of party loyalty, the push to declare for the DUP.
- Mum has been a lot more cheerful since Quigley was declared bankrupt, insane and guilty of fraud.
- The Mexican force has been estimated at from 2, 400 to over 5, 000, the Alamo's defenders numbered only about 185, and Santa Anna declared he would give no quarter.
- Some find it repugnant, others see them as casualties in an undeclared war that is greatly preferable to the alternative of full-scale conflict. Times, Sunday Times
- The chef wants the agreement declared void. The Sun
- A week-long state of emergency was declared, and the protests were forcibly suppressed with considerable loss of life.
