declareverb/dɪˈklɛə/

• 1

  obsoleteTo make clear, explain, interpret.

  • Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
  • To declare this a little, vve muſt aſſume, that the Surfaces of all ſuch Bodies, […] are exactly ſmooth only in a popular, or at moſt in a Phyſical ſenſe, but not in a ſtrict and rigid ſenſe.
• 2

  To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.

  • He declared him innocent.
  • declare bankruptcy
• 3

  To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

  • The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
• 4

  card-gamesgamesTo show one's cards in order to score.

• 5

  governmentpoliticsFor a constituency in an election to officially announce the result

  • Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
• 6

  ball-gamescricketgamesThe decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.

  • He declared at 689-7.
• 7

  computingengineeringmathematicsTo explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.

  • The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
• 8

  slangTo declare war.

  • France declared on me, I'm finished!