declares
Saydi-KLAIRZUS/dɪˈklɛɚz/UK/dɪˈklɛəz/
- 1Third-person singular present of declare.
The treaty declares that both nations will cease all hostilities at once.
Every spring, the council declares the harvest festival officially open.
Note
A regular form: the -s simply follows the silent final e. It serves every present-tense use of the verb with a singular subject. A treaty declares that something is so, a traveler declares goods at customs, a card player declares to score, a cricket captain declares before the side is all out, and a constituency declares its result. With I, you, we and they, the bare form declare returns.
declares is a form of declare
declare, verb: To state or announce something formally, officially, or with emphasis. Full entry
- Spelling
- declare → declares: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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