declaration
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declaration
- /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˌdek.ləˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.
noun declarations
- An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation. The weather was not tempting enough to draw the two others from their pencil and their book, in spite of Marianne's declaration that the day would be lastingly fair […].
- Specifically, a declaration of love. I went to Miss Mills's, fraught with a declaration.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
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The act or process of declaring.
Similar: notice, profession
- The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
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Closest in meaning: resolve, resolution, evidence, affirmation, declared, attestation, assertion, statement, avowal, stated, declaring, certification, proclamation, declaratory, notification, affidavit
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noun list of items for various legal purposes
| 中文 | 報單 /报单 bàodān |
|---|---|
| Português | declaração |
| Français | déclaration |
| Deutsch | Erklärung, Deklaration |
| Italiano | elenco |
| Română | declarație |
| Русский | деклара́ция deklarácija |
noun act or process of declaring
| Español | declaración |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 報單 /报单 bàodān, 宣言 xuānyán |
| Português | declaração |
| Français | déclaration |
| Deutsch | Erklärung, Deklaration |
| Română | declarare |
| Русский | заявле́ние zajavlénije, объявле́ние obʺjavlénije |
| עברית | הַצְהָרָה hats'hará |
noun (cricket) act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed
| Ελληνικά | διάταγμα diátagma |
|---|
noun written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
| Español | declaración |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 선언 seoneon |
| 日本語 | 宣言 sengen |
| 中文 | 聲明 /声明 shēngmíng |
| हिन्दी | घोषणा ghoṣṇā, बयान bayān, एलान elān, इज़हार izhār |
| Português | declaração |
| Français | déclaration |
| Deutsch | Erklärung, Deklaration |
| Italiano | dichiarazione, asserzione, voto, conferma, enunciazione |
| Ελληνικά | κύρηξη kýrixi, διακύρηξη diakýrixi |
| Română | declarație |
| Русский | заявле́ние zajavlénije, деклара́ция deklarácija, объявле́ние obʺjavlénije |
| العربية | إِعْلَان ʔiʕlān, بَيَان bayān |
| עברית | הַצְהָרָה hats'hará |
noun specification of a variables type
| Deutsch | Deklaration |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | δήλωση dílosi, επιβεβαίωση epivevaíosi, ανακοίνωση anakoínosi |
| Русский | объявле́ние obʺjavlénije |
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title = {declaration},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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