declare

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪkleə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /dIkle@(r)/
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[edit] Verb

to declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)

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

   He declared him innocent.

3. (intransitive, cricket): For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
4. (transitive): To announce something formally or officially.
5. (transitive): To affirm or state something emphatically.
6. (transitive, cricket): To declare (an innings) closed.
7. (transitive): To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
8. (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.

[edit] Derived terms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acdeelr
• cleared
• relaced