Verb declare has 8 senses
  1. declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
    --1 is one way to
    state, say, tell
    Derived form: noun declaration1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  2. announce, declare - announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"
    --2 is one way to state, say, tell
    Derived form: noun declaration5
    Sample sentence:
    They declare that there was a traffic accident
  3. declare - state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
    --3 is one way to
    affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
    Derived form: noun declarer2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  4. declare, adjudge, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
    --4 is one way to judge
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
    Somebody ----s somebody something
  5. declare - authorize payments of; "declare dividends"
    --5 is one way to
    authorize, authorise, pass, clear
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. declare - designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
    --6 is one way to
    play
    Derived forms: noun declarer1, noun declaration4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  7. declare - make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"
    --7 is one way to
    state, say, tell
    Derived form: noun declaration3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. declare - proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"
    --8 is one way to
    proclaim, exclaim, promulgate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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