declare

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See also: declaré, déclaré, and déclare

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
      Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
    • 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours
      To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies […] are exactly smooth.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
    Synonyms: disclose, make known; see also Thesaurus:announce
    He declared him innocent.
    declare bankruptcy
    declare victory
  3. (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
  4. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
    (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
    • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.
      Audio (US)(file)
  5. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
    Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
  6. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
    • 1984, Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time, 2 April:
      The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
  7. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
  8. (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
    The counter "i" was declared as an integer.

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Portuguese[edit]

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declare

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of declarar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of declarar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of declarar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of declarar

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declare

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of declara

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /deˈklaɾe/, [d̪eˈkla.ɾe]

Verb[edit]

declare

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of declarar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of declarar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of declarar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of declarar.
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