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DECLARED

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Dictionary entry overview: What does declared mean?

• DECLARED (adjective)
The adjective DECLARED has 2 senses:

1. made known or openly avowed
2. declared as fact; explicitly stated

Familiarity information: DECLARED used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DECLARED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Made known or openly avowed

Context examples:

their declared and their covert objectives / a declared liberal

Similar:

alleged (declared but not proved)

announced; proclaimed (declared publicly; made widely known)

asserted (confidently declared to be so)

avowed; professed (openly declared as such)

professed (claimed with intent to deceive)

Antonym:

undeclared (not announced or openly acknowledged)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Declared as fact; explicitly stated

Synonyms:

stated; declared

Similar:

explicit; expressed (precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication)

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DECLARED: related words searches

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