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declare

verb
Saydi-KLAIR/dɪˈklɛɚ/UK/dɪˈklɛə/

Formsdeclares, declaring, declared

8 meanings of declare

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  1. 1
    announceverbtransitive or intransitive
    To state or announce something formally, officially, or with emphasis.

    Officials declared a state of emergency across the region.

    Several senators have refused to declare for either side before the vote.

    UsageCommon pairings: declare war, declare victory, declare bankruptcy. Also declare someone innocent, or declare that something is true.

  2. 2
    tax officialsverbtransitive
    To inform customs or tax officials of goods you are importing or of income and expenses affecting your taxes.

    Travelers must declare items over the duty-free limit at the border.

    He declared all his freelance earnings to the tax office.

    UsageYou declare goods at customs and income to the tax office. Customs officers ask: anything to declare?

    Similardisclose

    Oppositeconceal, hide

  3. 3
    programmingverbtransitive
    To state in code that a variable, function, or similar element exists, without necessarily specifying its value or content.

    In many languages you must declare each variable before assigning a value.

    The header file declares several functions used across the project.

    UsageThe kind of thing often follows as: a counter declared as an integer.

    Note

    Programmers keep declaring apart from defining. A declaration announces that a name exists and what kind of thing it is, while its value or body may come later or elsewhere. Declaring a variable does not necessarily give it a value: some languages supply a default, others leave it unset.

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Origin

Latin dēclārō ("to make clear"), built on clārus ("clear") with the prefix dē-, became Old French declarer and then Middle English declaren.