declare

v state emphatically and authoritatively

“He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with”

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enter a plea, as in courts of law; profess
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; condemn
declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify
render holy by means of religious rites; account, answer for
furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; advise, propose, suggest
make a proposal, declare a plan for something; assure, promise
make a promise or commitment; promise
promise to undertake or give; take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment
refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself; condemn, doom, sentence
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; exclaim, proclaim, promulgate
state or announce; profess
state freely; affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify
declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; depone, depose, swear
make a deposition; declare under oath; attest, bear witness, take the stand, testify
give testimony in a court of law; decree
issue a decree; animadvert, opine, sound off, speak out, speak up
express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; count out
declare the loser; hold
assert or affirm; ordain
issue an order; claim, take
lay claim to; as of an idea; attest
authenticate; affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; boo, hiss
show displeasure, as after a performance or speech; explode
drive from the stage by noisy disapproval; reconsecrate
consecrate anew, as after a desecration; advocate, recommend, urge
push for something; advance, throw out
bring forward for consideration or acceptance; proposition
suggest sex to; feed back
respond to a query or outcome; posit, put forward, state, submit
put before; make a motion, move
propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting; pledge, plight
promise solemnly and formally; swear off
promise to abstain from; contract, undertake
enter into a contractual arrangement; guarantee, undertake
promise to do or accomplish; foredoom
doom beforehand; trumpet
proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; clarion
proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion; protest
affirm or avow formally or solemnly; vouch
give personal assurance; guarantee; assure, tell
inform positively and with certainty and confidence; editorialise, editorialize
insert personal opinions into an objective statement; reprobate
abandon to eternal damnation; enact, ordain
order by virtue of superior authority; decree

Type of:: say, state, tell
express in words

v state firmly

“He declared that he was innocent”

Type of:: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify
declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

v declare to be

“She was declared incompetent”

Synonyms:: adjudge, hold

Types:: show 31 types...; hide 31 types...; acknowledge, admit
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; superannuate
declare to be obsolete; bastardise, bastardize
declare a child to be illegitimate; certify
declare legally insane; call
declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; beatify
declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; canonise, canonize, saint
declare (a dead person) to be a saint; judge, label, pronounce
pronounce judgment on; cancel, strike down
declare null and void; make ineffective; formalise, formalize
make formal or official; ritualise, ritualize
make or evolve into a ritual; attorn
acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord; write off
concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate
cancel officially; make no bones about
acknowledge freely and openly; sustain
admit as valid; concede, confess, profess
admit (to a wrongdoing); confess
confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith; confess, fink, squeal
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure; avouch, avow
admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about; acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; convict
find or declare guilty; tout
advertize in strongly positive terms; find, rule
decide on and make a declaration about; qualify
pronounce fit or able; disqualify
declare unfit; remit
release from (claims, debts, or taxes); intonate, intone
speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; write off
cancel (a debt); annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void
declare invalid; recall
make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

Type of:: evaluate, judge, pass judgment
form a critical opinion of

v announce publicly or officially

“The President declared war”

Synonyms:: announce

Types:: promulgate
put a law into effect by formal declaration

Type of:: say, state, tell
express in words

v proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against

“His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast”

Type of:: exclaim, proclaim, promulgate
state or announce

v authorize payments of

“declare dividends”

Type of:: authorise, authorize, clear, pass
grant authorization or clearance for

v make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official

“Do you have anything to declare?”

Type of:: say, state, tell
express in words

v designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand

Type of:: play
put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game