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Verb declare has 8 senses
- 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
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- announce, declare - announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"
--2 is one way to state, say, tell
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They declare that there was a traffic accident
- declare - state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
--3 is one way to affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- declare, adjudge, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
--4 is one way to judge
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Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something
- declare - authorize payments of; "declare dividends"
--5 is one way to authorize, authorise, pass, clear
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Somebody ----s something
- declare - designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
--6 is one way to play
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Somebody ----s something
- 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
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Somebody ----s something
- 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
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