declare

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Synonyms: deciare, decare

Antonyms: deciare, decare

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To make clear, [[explain]], [[interpret]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive}} To [[assert]] or [[announce]] [[formal]]ly, [[official]]ly, [[explicit]]ly, or [[emphatic]]ally.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[inform]] government [[customs]] or [[taxation]] [[official]]s of goods one is [[import]]ing or of [[income]], [[expense]]s, or other [[circumstance]]s affecting one's taxes.
4. {{lb|en|card games}} To show one's cards in order to score.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive|politics}} For a [[constituency]] in an [[election]] to officially [[announce]] the result
6. {{lb|en|cricket}} The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.
7. {{lb|en|transitive|programming}} To [[explicit]]ly establish the existence of (a [[variable]], [[function]], etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
8. {{lb|en|[[grand strategy game#Noun|grand strategy games]]|slang}} To [[declare war]]. {{+obj|en|:on}}
9. {{lb|en|Christianity|particularly [[wikipedia:Evangelicalism|Evangelicalism]]}} To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to [[prayer]] which takes the form of a request.

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