declare

declare is a 7-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make clear; to free from obscurity. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make clear; to free from obscurity.
2. transitive verb. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce.
3. transitive verb. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.
4. transitive verb. To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.
5. intransitive verb. To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as, victory declares against the allies.
6. intransitive verb. To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.
7. verb. state firmly

   "He declared that he was innocent"

8. verb. declare to be

   "She was declared incompetent"

   "judge held that the defendant was innocent"

   Synonyms: adjudge, hold

9. verb. announce publicly or officially

   "The President declared war"

   Synonyms: announce

10. verb. proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against

    "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"

11. verb. state emphatically and authoritatively

    "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

12. verb. make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official

    "Do you have anything to declare?"

13. verb. designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
14. verb. authorize payments of

    "declare dividends"

Synonyms

adjudge, hold, announce

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in declare:

cedrela, cleared, creedal, relaced

Common word forms

declared, declarer, declares, declaring

Words from these letters

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