declaration

See also déclaration

English

Etymology

Middle English declaracion (“declaration”), from French déclaration, from Latin declarationem, corresponding to declare +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌdɛkləˈɹeɪʃən/
• X-SAMPA: /dEkl{"r\eIS@n/
• (US) IPA: /dɛkləˈɹejʃn̩/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

declaration (plural declarations)

1. A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.
2. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
3. The act or process of declaring.
4. (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
5. (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff’s cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
6. (computing) The specification of a variables type

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Synonyms

• (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement
• (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement
• (act or process of declaring): notice

Translations

written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief

• Arabic: إعلان (ar) (ʼiʻlān) m
• Asturian: declaración (ast) f
• Bulgarian: заявление (bg) (zajavlenie) n, декларация (bg) (deklaracija) f
• Catalan: declaració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲明 (cmn), 声明 (cmn) (shēngmíng)

• Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, declaratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: deklaracio (eo)
• Finnish: julistus (fi), tiedoksianto (fi)
• French: déclaration (fr) f
• Galician: declaración (gl) f

• German: Erklärung (de) f, Deklaration (de) f
• Hebrew: הצהרה (he) (hatzhara) f
• Japanese: 宣言 (ja) (せんげん, sengen)
• Norwegian: erklæring (no) m and f
• Portuguese: declaração (pt) f
• Romanian: declarație (ro) f
• Russian: заявление (ru) (zajavl'énije) n, декларация (ru) (deklarátsija) f
• Spanish: declaración (es) f
• Swedish: tillkännagivande (sv)
• Turkish: açıklama (tr), deklarasyon (tr), bildiri (tr)

list of items for various legal purposes

• Bulgarian: декларация (bg) (deklaracija) f
• Catalan: declaració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 報單 (cmn), 报单 (cmn) (bàodān)

• French: déclaration (fr) f
• German: Erklärung (de) f, Deklaration (de) f

• Irish: dearbhú (ga) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌یان (ku)

• Portuguese: declaração (pt) f
• Russian: декларация (ru) (d'eklarácija) f
• Turkish: beyanat (tr), bildirge (tr)

act or process of declaring

• Asturian: declaración (ast) f
• Bulgarian: заявяване (bg) (zajavjavane) n, деклариране (bg) (deklarirane) n
• Catalan: declaració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 報單 (cmn), 报单 (cmn) (bàodān), 宣言 (cmn) (xuānyán)

• Czech: vyhlášení (cs) n
• Finnish: julistus (fi)
• French: déclaration (fr) f

• Galician: declaración (gl) f
• German: Erklärung (de) f, Deklaration (de) f
• Hebrew: הצהרה (he) (hatzhara) f
• Maori: whakapuakanga (mi)
• Portuguese: declaração (pt) f
• Romanian: declarare (ro) f
• Russian: заявление (ru) (zajavl'énije) n, объявление (ru) (objavl'énije) n
• Spanish: declaración (es) f
• Swedish: förklara (sv), deklarera (sv)

(cricket) act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed

specification of a variables type

• German: Deklaration (de) f

• Turkish: açıklayıcı deyim (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: deklaro
• Italian: dichiarazione f

• Korean: 선언

See also

• complaint
• statutory
• statutory declaration

External links

• Declaration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Middle French

Noun

declaration f (plural declarations)

1. declaration