1. Announce publicly or officially
   "The President declared war";
   - announce
    
2. State emphatically and authoritatively
   "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with";
   - pronounce
    
3. State firmly that something is true
   "He declared that he was innocent"
    
4. Judge or state to be
   "She was declared incompetent";
   - adjudge, hold
    
5. Proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
   "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"
    
6. Make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
   "Do you have anything to declare?"
    
7. Authorize payments of
   "declare dividends"
    
8. (bridge) designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
   "He declared no-trump for the final contract"

Derived forms: declared, declares, declaring

Type of: affirm, assert, authorise [Brit], authorize, aver, avow, clear, evaluate, exclaim, judge, pass, pass judgment, play, proclaim, promulgate, promulge [archaic], say, state, swear, tell, verify

Encyclopedia: Declare