declare implies explicitness and usually formality in making known. announce implies the declaration of something for the first time. proclaim implies declaring clearly, forcefully, and authoritatively. …

Definition of declare verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive] to say something officially or publicly. declare something The government has declared a state of emergency. …

The Fund declares and pays dividends on net investment income on a quarterly basis.

If you declare something, you state officially and formally that it exists or is the case. The government is ready to declare a permanent ceasefire. [VERB noun] His lawyers are confident that the judges will …

Declare, affirm, assert, protest imply making something known emphatically, openly, or formally. To declare is to make known, sometimes in the face of actual or potential contradiction: to declare …

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, …

1. (may take a clause as object) to make clearly known or announce officially: to declare one's interests; war was declared. 2. to state officially that (a person, fact, etc) is as specified: he declared him fit. 3. …

He still declares [= affirms, asserts] his innocence. She declared [= announced] that she would not attend the party under any circumstances. He openly declared his love for her.

Dec 2, 2025 · declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared) (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret. quotations

"Do you have anything to declare?"