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declaration
[ dek-luh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of declaring; announcement:
a declaration of a dividend.
- a positive, explicit, or formal statement; proclamation:
a declaration of war.
- something that is announced, avowed, or proclaimed.
- a document embodying or displaying an announcement or proclamation:
He posted the declaration in a public place.
- Law.
- a formal statement presenting the plaintiff's claim in an action.
- a complaint.
- a statement, especially by a witness.
- a statement made to an official.
- Cards.
- Bridge. a bid, especially the successful bid.
- the statement during the game of the points earned by a player, in bezique or other games.
- a statement of goods, income, etc., especially for the assessment of duty, tax, or the like.
declaration
/ ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən /
noun
- an explicit or emphatic statement
- a formal statement or announcement; proclamation
- the act of declaring
- the ruling of a judge or court on a question of law, esp in the chancery division of the High Court
- law an unsworn statement of a witness admissible in evidence under certain conditions See also statutory declaration
- cricket the voluntary closure of an innings before all ten wickets have fallen
- contract bridge the final contract
- a statement or inventory of goods, etc, submitted for tax assessment
a customs declaration
- cards an announcement of points made after taking a trick, as in bezique
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Other Words From
- counter·decla·ration noun
- nondec·la·ration noun
- predec·la·ration noun
- redec·la·ration noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of declaration1
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