单词 | declare |
释义 | declare (once / 35 pages) v If you declare victory, you are ending a war by saying you have won. Hopefully, the other side agrees, or your troops might declare you a fool. To declare is to state clearly and officially. In elections, the government body that counts the votes declares the winner. Until the declaration is made, the results are not official. When you are traveling, you might be asked if you have anything to declare. You're not being asked for a statement of your beliefs, rather they want to know if you bought anything taxable abroad. If you hear your grandmother say, "Well, I declare!" you can be sure she is shocked and offended. WORD FAMILYdeclare: declarable, declaration, declarative, declaratory, declared, declarer, declares, declaring+/declaration: declarations/declarative: declaratively/declared: declaredly, undeclared/declarer: declarers USAGE EXAMPLESIn return, he allegedly approved their licence applications and chairmanship appointment without declaring a conflict of interest. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) PASADENA, Calif. — In mid-August, after prolonged vacillation, Southern California Coach Clay Helton declared the junior Max Browne his starting quarterback. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) After the introduction of the measles vaccine, the rate of the disease dropped precipitously; it was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v state emphatically and authoritatively He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with Hypo|Hyper plead enter a plea, as in courts of law professconfess one's faith in, or allegiance to condemndeclare or judge unfit for use or habitation bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctifyrender holy by means of religious rites account, answer forfurnish a justifying analysis or explanation advise, propose, suggestmake a proposal, declare a plan for something assure, promisemake a promise or commitment promisepromise to undertake or give take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendmentrefuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself condemn, doom, sentencepronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law exclaim, proclaim, promulgatestate or announce professstate freely affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verifydeclare or affirm solemnly and formally as true depone, depose, swearmake a deposition; declare under oath attest, bear witness, take the stand, testifygive testimony in a court of law decreeissue a decree animadvert, opine, sound off, speak out, speak upexpress one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation count outdeclare the loser holdassert or affirm ordainissue an order claim, takelay claim to; as of an idea attestauthenticate; affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity boo, hissshow displeasure, as after a performance or speech explodedrive from the stage by noisy disapproval reconsecrateconsecrate anew, as after a desecration advocate, recommend, urgepush for something advance, throw outbring forward for consideration or acceptance propositionsuggest sex to feed backrespond to a query or outcome posit, put forward, state, submitput before make a motion, movepropose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting pledge, plightpromise solemnly and formally swear offpromise to abstain from contract, undertakeenter into a contractual arrangement guarantee, undertakepromise to do or accomplish foredoomdoom beforehand trumpetproclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet clarionproclaim on, or as if on, a clarion protestaffirm or avow formally or solemnly vouchgive personal assurance; guarantee assure, tellinform positively and with certainty and confidence editorialise, editorializeinsert personal opinions into an objective statement reprobateabandon to eternal damnation enact, ordainorder by virtue of superior authority; decree say, state, tell express in words 2v state firmly He declared that he was innocent Hyper affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true 3v declare to be She was declared incompetent Syn|Hypo|Hyper adjudge, hold acknowledge, admit declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of superannuatedeclare to be obsolete bastardise, bastardizedeclare a child to be illegitimate certifydeclare legally insane calldeclare in the capacity of an umpire or referee beatifydeclare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood canonise, canonize, saintdeclare (a dead person) to be a saint judge, label, pronouncepronounce judgment on cancel, strike downdeclare null and void; make ineffective formalise, formalizemake formal or official ritualise, ritualizemake or evolve into a ritual attornacknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord write offconcede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacatecancel officially make no bones aboutacknowledge freely and openly sustainadmit as valid concede, confess, professadmit (to a wrongdoing) confessconfess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith confess, fink, squealconfess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure avouch, avowadmit openly and bluntly; make no bones about acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exoneratepronounce not guilty of criminal charges convictfind or declare guilty toutadvertize in strongly positive terms find, ruledecide on and make a declaration about qualifypronounce fit or able disqualifydeclare unfit remitrelease from (claims, debts, or taxes) intonate, intonespeak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone write offcancel (a debt) annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, voiddeclare invalid recallmake unavailable; bar from sale or distribution evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 4v announce publicly or officially The President declared war Syn|Hypo|Hyper announce promulgate put a law into effect by formal declaration say, state, tell express in words 5v proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast Hyper exclaim, proclaim, promulgate state or announce 6v authorize payments of declare dividends Hyper authorise, authorize, clear, pass grant authorization or clearance for 7v make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official Do you have anything to declare? Hyper say, state, tell express in words 8v designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand Hyper play put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game |
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