declaration
Pluraldeclarations
- 1A clear, strong statement that you make openly so everyone knows what you mean.
Like standing up and saying clearly what you believe, so everyone can hear.
The president made a bold declaration about ending the war.
Her declaration that she would never give up surprised everyone.
Similarstatement, announcement, proclamation, pronouncement, assertion
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- 2The act of making something known in an official or public way.
Like ringing a bell to let everyone know something is now official.
The declaration of war came at midnight.
Voters waited hours for the declaration of the election results.
Similarproclamation, announcement
- 3An official list of things, often used for taxes or border checks.
Like a shopping list you show to officials so they know what you are carrying.
She filled out a customs declaration before her flight home.
The declaration listed every item she had bought abroad.
- 4A short piece of code that tells a program a name, such as a variable, exists.
Like writing a name on a list before you say anything about it.
The declaration at the top of the file names the variable before it is used.
You must write a declaration for each function you plan to call.
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- 5In law, an official paper that explains why someone is taking another person to court.
Like a letter that tells someone exactly why you are taking them to court.
The lawyer filed a declaration explaining why his client was suing the company.
The declaration told the defendant exactly what he was accused of.
Similarcomplaint
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- 6In cricket, when the captain of the batting team chooses to end the team's innings early.
Like choosing to stop your turn early in a game so the other side has time to play.
The captain's declaration left the other team two days to bat.
After the declaration, the fielding side came out to bowl.
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Less common meaning
- 7An open statement telling someone that you love them.
Like finally telling someone out loud that you love them.
He made his declaration to her under the garden trees.
I went to Miss Mills's, fraught with a declaration.
1850, Charles Dickens, David CopperfieldHere, declaration means telling someone openly that you love them.Note
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Origin
It comes from Latin "dēclārātiō," reaching English through Old French "declaration."