Dictionary entry details
• DECLARE (verb)
Meaning:
State emphatically and authoritatively
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
Hypernyms (to "declare" is one way to...):
say; state; tell (express in words)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "declare"):
animadvert; opine; sound off; speak up (speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation)
decree (issue a decree)
attest; bear witness; take the stand; testify (give testimony in a court of law)
depone; depose; swear (make a deposition; declare under oath)
affirm; assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)
profess (state freely)
exclaim; proclaim; promulgate (state or announce)
condemn; doom; sentence (pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law)
take the Fifth; take the Fifth Amendment (refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself)
promise (promise to undertake or give)
assure; promise (make a promise or commitment)
advise; propose; suggest (make a proposal, declare a plan for something)
account; answer for (furnish a justifying analysis or explanation)
bless; consecrate; hallow; sanctify (render holy by means of religious rites)
condemn (declare or judge unfit)
profess (confess one's faith in, or allegiance to)
plead (enter a plea, as in courts of law)
count out (declare the loser)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Announce publicly or officially
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
declare; announce
Context example:
The President declared war
Hypernyms (to "declare" is one way to...):
say; state; tell (express in words)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "declare"):
nol. pros.; nolle pros; nolle prosequi (declare that a legal case will not be prosecuted)
promulgate (put a law into effect by formal declaration)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They declare that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
State firmly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He declared that he was innocent
Hypernyms (to "declare" is one way to...):
affirm; assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Declare to be
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
adjudge; declare; hold
Context examples:
She was declared incompetent / judge held that the defendant was innocent
Hypernyms (to "declare" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "declare"):
acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
formalise; formalize (make formal or official)
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)
canonise; canonize; saint (declare (a dead person) to be a saint)
beatify (declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood)
call (declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee)
certify (declare legally insane)
bastardise; bastardize (declare a child to be illegitimate)
superannuate (declare to be obsolete)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something
Meaning:
Authorize payments of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
declare dividends
Hypernyms (to "declare" is one way to...):
authorise; authorize; clear; pass (grant authorization or clearance for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "declare" is one way to...):
play (put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game)
Domain category:
bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
Do you have anything to declare?
Hypernyms (to "declare" is one way to...):
say; state; tell (express in words)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast
Hypernyms (to "declare" is one way to...):
exclaim; proclaim; promulgate (state or announce)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
