Definitions for declare

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declare de·clare

Spelling: [dih-klair]

IPA: /dɪˈklɛər/

Declare is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in declare (acdeelr).

Definitions for declare

verb (used with object)

1. to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
2. to announce officially; proclaim:
3. to state emphatically:
4. to manifest; reveal; show:
5. to make due statement of, especially goods for duty or income for taxation.
6. to make (a dividend) payable.
7. Bridge. to bid (a trump suit or no-trump).

verb (used without object)

1. to make a declaration.
2. to proclaim oneself (usually followed by for or against):
3. Cricket. (of a team) to surrender a turn at bat in an innings before ten players are put out.

Origin of declare

1275-1325; Middle English declaren Latin dēclārāre to explain, equivalent to dē- de- + clārāre to make clear (clār(us) clear + -āre infinitive

Examples for declare

I declare to you, miss, I'm clean worn out with havin' patience!

The rain's over, I declare—at least for a quarter of an hour!

And I declare to you, that I know not my own heart, if it not be absolutely free.

Would I declare, that I would still honour him with my correspondence?

That attack prompted the government to declare a three-month state of emergency in parts of North Sinai.

Beijing also demanded that Abe declare he will no longer pay visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

And it led him in his teenage years to declare his ambition to become a cop.

Being the first to declare feelings is incredibly difficult.

If J-Law suddenly decided to declare solidarity with Thai anti-junta activists?

Today we can declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution.