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ENGLISH: declare - CREOLE: deklare

Overview of verb declare

The verb declare has 8 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (33) declare -- (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with")

2. (13) announce, declare -- (announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war")

3. (12) declare -- (state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent")

4. (9) declare, adjudge, hold -- (declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent")

5. (1) declare -- (authorize payments of; "declare dividends")

6. declare -- (designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand)

7. declare -- (make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?")

8. declare -- (proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast")