declare

1. State emphatically and authoritatively (synset 201012145)
   "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
   is a type of: say, state, tell - express in words
   subtypes:

   • plead - 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 - to 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
2. Announce publicly or officially (synset 200967903)
   "The President declared war"
   is a type of: say, state, tell - express in words
   subtypes: promulgate - put a law into effect by formal declaration
   same as: announce
3. State firmly (synset 200822462)
   "He declared that he was innocent"
   is a type of: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
4. Declare to be (synset 200824028)
   "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
   is a type of: evaluate, judge, pass judgment - form a critical opinion of
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: adjudge, hold
5. Authorize payments of (synset 202449420)
   "declare dividends"
   is a type of: authorise, authorize, clear, pass - grant authorization or clearance for
6. Designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand (synset 202305510)
   referred to in: bridge - any of various card games based on whist for four players
   is a type of: play - put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
7. Make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official (synset 201012879)
   "Do you have anything to declare?"
   is a type of: say, state, tell - express in words
8. Proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against (synset 200979721)
   "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"
   is a type of: exclaim, proclaim, promulgate - state or announce

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