declare
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
state emphatically and authoritatively
He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
Types & categories
- state hypernym
- plead hyponym
- profess hyponym
- condemn hyponym
- sanctify hyponym
- answer for hyponym
- propose hyponym
- promise hyponym
- promise hyponym
- take the Fifth hyponym
- sentence hyponym
- promulgate hyponym
- profess hyponym
- swan hyponym
- depone hyponym
- testify hyponym
- decree hyponym
- opine hyponym
- count out hyponym
Related & opposite
- declaration derivation
- declarative derivation
Sense 2 verb
announce publicly or officially
The President declared war
Types & categories
- state hypernym
- promulgate hyponym
Related & opposite
- proclamation derivation
- promulgation derivation
- announcer derivation
- announcer derivation
- declarative derivation
- annunciatory derivation
Sense 3 verb
state firmly
He declared that he was innocent
Types & categories
- swan hypernym
Related & opposite
- asserter derivation
- declarative derivation
Sense 4 verb
declare to be
She was declared incompetent
Types & categories
- pass judgment hypernym
- acknowledge hyponym
- superannuate hyponym
- bastardize hyponym
- certify hyponym
- call hyponym
- beatify hyponym
- canonize hyponym
- pronounce hyponym
- strike down hyponym
- formalize hyponym
Related & opposite
- declarative derivation
Sense 5 verb
authorize payments of
declare dividends
Types & categories
- authorize hypernym
Sense 6 verb
designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
Types & categories
- play hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
Do you have anything to declare?
Types & categories
- state hypernym
Related & opposite
- declaration derivation
Sense 8 verb
proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast
Types & categories
- promulgate hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | declaration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | declarative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | profess |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | condemn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sanctify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | answer for |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | propose |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | promise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | promise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take the Fifth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sentence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | promulgate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | profess |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | depone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | testify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decree |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | opine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | count out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | proclamation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | promulgation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | announcer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | announcer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | declarative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | annunciatory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | promulgate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | asserter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | declarative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | swan |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | declarative |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass judgment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | acknowledge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | superannuate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bastardize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | certify |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | beatify |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | canonize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pronounce |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike down |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | formalize |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | authorize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | contract |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | declarer |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | bridge |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | play |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | declaration |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | promulgate |