declarationnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdek.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdek.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/declaration noun [ C ] (ANNOUNCEMENT)
C1 an announcement, often one that is written and official:
Members of Congress have to make a declaration of their business interests.
As witnesses to the accident, we were asked to make written declarations of what we had seen.
The company made a declaration of intent to follow an equal opportunities policy.
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- The decree stopped short of a full declaration of independence.
- The declaration was carefully/cleverly/tactfully, etc. phrased.
- a pro forma declaration of loyalty
- The American Declaration of Independence was adopted by Congress on 4 July, 1776.
- The new leader warned that sanctions against his country would be interpreted as a declaration of war.
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Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaint sb/yourself with sth
- advise
- advisement
- annunciation
- come out
- commit
- confront
- declare
- fyi
- give sb a heads up idiom
- hand
- head
- let sb know idiom
- official
- pronouncement
- put
- put sth out 1
- spread the word idiom
- tell
- unannounced
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declaration noun [ C ] (CRICKET)
in cricket, a situation in which a team stops batting (= hitting the ball) because they think they already have enough runs (= points) to win:
a cleverly timed declaration
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Cricket
- 12th man
- bails 2
- batswoman
- batting average
- century
- cricketer
- declare
- delivery
- fall
- field
- maiden
- overthrow
- pavilion
- run sb out
- six
- test match
- the infield
- the outfield
- wicket
- wicketkeeper
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