--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 8 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Decently means in a polite, fair and respectable way that people think is right.[↗](../../decently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Decently can mean well enough or fairly well: «decently paid».[↗](../../decently/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Decently can mean wearing enough clothes, not showing too much.[↗](../../decently/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please treat everyone decently.[↗](../../decently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She did decently in the test.[↗](../../decently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The workers wanted to be decently paid.[↗](../../decently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you decently dressed?[↗](../../decently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") We have visitors.[↗](../../decently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He behaved decently after losing.[↗](../../decently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town looked after its poor decently.[↗](../../decently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some say it was the fatigue that killed her, but whichever it was, Mrs. Connor was decently buried with her own people.[↗](../../decently/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deception** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making someone believe something that is not true; tricking or lying.[↗](../../deception/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A trick or lie that fools someone.[↗](../../deception/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The thief got in by deception, pretending to be a plumber.[↗](../../deception/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Camouflage is a kind of deception in nature.[↗](../../deception/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician's trick was clever deception.[↗](../../deception/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Online scams depend on deception.[↗](../../deception/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her friendly smile was a deception.[↗](../../deception/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox used deception to trick the crow.[↗](../../deception/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · By their advice she wrapped a stone in baby-clothes, and Cronus, in eager haste, swallowed it, without noticing the deception.[↗](../../deception/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deceptive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Giving a false idea or impression, so that something seems different from what it really is.[↗](../../deceptive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Meant to trick or mislead people: «deceptive advertising».[↗](../../deceptive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The calm sea was deceptive; there were strong currents.[↗](../../deceptive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Appearances can be deceptive — the tiny dog was very fierce.[↗](../../deceptive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The question looked easy, but it was deceptive.[↗](../../deceptive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ad was deceptive because the toy looked much bigger on TV.[↗](../../deceptive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tall glass is deceptive: it holds the same as the short wide one.[↗](../../deceptive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The slope looked gentle, but it was deceptive and very icy.[↗](../../deceptive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **deceptively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Deceptively means in a way that makes something seem different from what it really is.[↗](../../deceptively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the question looks deceptively easy" means it seems easy but is actually hard.[↗](../../deceptively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In house adverts, "deceptively spacious" means the house is bigger inside than it looks from outside.[↗](../../deceptively/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puzzle looked deceptively easy, but nobody solved it.[↗](../../deceptively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The river looks deceptively calm, but the current is strong.[↗](../../deceptively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The house is deceptively spacious inside.[↗](../../deceptively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The little dog is deceptively strong.[↗](../../deceptively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a deceptively simple question with a trick.[↗](../../deceptively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice looked deceptively thick, so we stayed off it.[↗](../../deceptively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **decibel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A decibel is a unit for measuring how loud a sound is.[↗](../../decibel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A whisper is about 30 decibels.[↗](../../decibel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The concert reached 110 decibels.[↗](../../decibel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sounds above 85 decibels can harm your hearing over time.[↗](../../decibel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured the playground noise in decibels with an app.[↗](../../decibel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher's whistle was very high in decibels.[↗](../../decibel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lower the volume on your headphones to keep the decibels down.[↗](../../decibel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **decide** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To decide is to make up your mind, to choose after thinking.[↗](../../decide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I decided to stay.[↗](../../decide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To decide is to settle something, to make the result clear.[↗](../../decide/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* One goal decided the game.[↗](../../decide/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* First decide: are things coming together, or going away?[↗](../../decide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Decide what the question asks before you work.[↗](../../decide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tim decides to give 4 cards to Ben.[↗](../../decide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We decided to go to the beach.[↗](../../decide/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't decide between pizza and pasta.[↗](../../decide/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class voted to decide the name of our fish.[↗](../../decide/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One goal decided the match.[↗](../../decide/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She decided to tell the truth.[↗](../../decide/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So he decided to take a wife.[↗](../../decide/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat was created from Fire, and cold from Water, and satiation from Wind deciding between them.[↗](../../decide/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../decide/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Three—Fire, Water, and Wind; Fire above and Water below, with Wind the edict deciding between them.[↗](../../decide/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../decide/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The Second sect admitted Three great Powers ; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../decide/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But to them that decide justly shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.[↗](../../decide/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.24.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decide/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.'[↗](../../decide/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") And the king of Israel said unto him: 'So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.'[↗](../../decide/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.20.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decide/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; (Prophets ISA.11.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decide/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **decidedly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Clearly and without any doubt; very much: it was decidedly colder.[↗](../../decidedly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a firm way, showing you have made up your mind: «No,» she said decidedly.[↗](../../decidedly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was decidedly colder this morning.[↗](../../decidedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «I'm not going,» said Alice decidedly.[↗](../../decidedly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new playground is decidedly better than the old one.[↗](../../decidedly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Rat was decidedly cross with Toad.[↗](../../decidedly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake looked decidedly odd.[↗](../../decidedly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She shook her head decidedly.[↗](../../decidedly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This maths test was decidedly harder.[↗](../../decidedly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather was decidedly against a picnic.[↗](../../decidedly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · No, decidedly she was not at all like Lizina.[↗](../../decidedly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **deciduous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Deciduous trees and bushes lose all their leaves every autumn (fall) and grow new ones in spring.[↗](../../deciduous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Deciduous teeth are baby teeth, which fall out to make room for adult teeth.[↗](../../deciduous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Oak trees are deciduous, so they lose their leaves in autumn.[↗](../../deciduous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In winter the deciduous trees in the park look bare.[↗](../../deciduous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pine trees are evergreen, not deciduous.[↗](../../deciduous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Canada's deciduous forests turn red and gold in the fall.[↗](../../deciduous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Your deciduous teeth start falling out when you are about six.[↗](../../deciduous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We sorted the leaves into deciduous and evergreen.[↗](../../deciduous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many deciduous trees grow new leaves in spring.[↗](../../deciduous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **decimal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun, maths) A decimal (or decimal number) is a number written with a decimal point, such as 3.5 or 0.25, to show parts smaller than one.[↗](../../decimal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Decimal system: counting in tens, using the ten digits 0 to 9, where each place is worth ten times the place to its right.[↗](../../decimal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Decimal money: money in which 100 small coins make one big unit, like 100 pence = £1 or 100 cents = $1.[↗](../../decimal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Decimal place: one digit after the decimal point.[↗](../../decimal/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 0.5 is the decimal for one half.[↗](../../decimal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Round 3.476 to two decimal places: it's 3.48.[↗](../../decimal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the decimal point in the right place\![↗](../../decimal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our money is decimal: 100 pence make one pound.[↗](../../decimal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sprinter ran 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, a decimal number.[↗](../../decimal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One third as a decimal is 0.333…, a recurring decimal.[↗](../../decimal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted in tens because the decimal system uses ten digits.[↗](../../decimal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran remembers when Britain went decimal in 1971.[↗](../../decimal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried it by decimals and by compound interest.[↗](../../decimal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It should probably be understood on one level as a reference to the ten digits of the decimal numeral system, though as we shall see, these Sefirot Belimah are imbued with metaphysical significance beyond mere numerals.[↗](../../decimal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../decimal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · astronomy, etc.; for ordinary purposes there was a decimal system of notation, without tiie principle of position.[↗](../../decimal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../decimal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · We know now that even the decimal system of notation originated from the two symbols the one, I, and the Zero, 0.[↗](../../decimal/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../decimal/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **decimeter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A decimeter is a unit of length.[↗](../../decimeter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A decimeter is 10 centimeters, and a meter is 10 decimeters.[↗](../../decimeter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is about the width of a grown-up's hand.[↗](../../decimeter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pencil is 2 decimeters long.[↗](../../decimeter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 1 decimeter is 10 centimeters.[↗](../../decimeter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many decimeters are in 3 meters?[↗](../../decimeter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ribbon is 15 decimeters long.[↗](../../decimeter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A ruler 30 cm long is 3 decimeters.[↗](../../decimeter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A hand is about 1 decimeter wide.[↗](../../decimeter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **decimetre** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A decimetre is a unit of length equal to 10 centimetres, or one tenth of a metre.[↗](../../decimetre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is written dm.[↗](../../decimetre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A decimetre is 10 centimetres long.[↗](../../decimetre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 10 decimetres in a metre.[↗](../../decimetre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My pencil is about 1.5 decimetres long.[↗](../../decimetre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Convert 3 dm into centimetres: 30 cm.[↗](../../decimetre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A cube with 1 dm sides holds exactly 1 litre.[↗](../../decimetre/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ruler is 3 decimetres long.[↗](../../decimetre/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 25 cm = 2.5 dm.[↗](../../decimetre/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We rarely use decimetres in everyday life.[↗](../../decimetre/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **deciphered** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Worked out the meaning of a secret code and turned it into plain words.[↗](../../deciphered/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Managed to read writing that is very hard to read, like messy handwriting or an old script.[↗](../../deciphered/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Understood something puzzling.[↗](../../deciphered/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The detectives deciphered the secret message.[↗](../../deciphered/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Champollion deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822.[↗](../../deciphered/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I finally deciphered my brother's messy handwriting.[↗](../../deciphered/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We deciphered the code by shifting each letter back by one.[↗](../../deciphered/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old map had faded and could barely be deciphered.[↗](../../deciphered/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She deciphered the meaning of his strange look.[↗](../../deciphered/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Code-breakers deciphered enemy messages during the war.[↗](../../deciphered/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **decipherment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Decipherment is working out the meaning of a code, secret message or old writing that is hard to read.[↗](../../decipherment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The decipherment of hieroglyphs took many years.[↗](../../decipherment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Rosetta Stone helped with the decipherment of Egyptian writing.[↗](../../decipherment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The code-breakers worked on the decipherment of secret messages.[↗](../../decipherment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some ancient scripts still wait for decipherment.[↗](../../decipherment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our puzzle club practised decipherment of simple codes.[↗](../../decipherment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The decipherment of the old letter revealed a hidden treasure map.[↗](../../decipherment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **decision** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A decision is a choice you make after thinking about what to do: a hard decision.[↗](../../decision/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Decision (uncountable) is the ability to decide quickly and firmly.[↗](../../decision/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In sport, a decision is the referee's or judge's ruling.[↗](../../decision/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have to make a decision: football or swimming?[↗](../../decision/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a hard decision to give away my old toys.[↗](../../decision/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The class voted and came to a decision.[↗](../../decision/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee's decision was final.[↗](../../decision/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Think about the results before you make a decision.[↗](../../decision/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Moving house was a big decision for our family.[↗](../../decision/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a decision tree to sort the animals.[↗](../../decision/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They agreed to appoint Momus as judge, and to abide by his decision.[↗](../../decision/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision\![↗](../../decision/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decision/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.[↗](../../decision/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decision/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **decisive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Decisive describes a person who can make decisions quickly and firmly.[↗](../../decisive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Decisive means having the biggest effect on the result: «the decisive goal», «a decisive moment».[↗](../../decisive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Decisive means clear, with no doubt: «a decisive victory».[↗](../../decisive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our captain is decisive and makes quick plans.[↗](../../decisive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her goal in the last minute was decisive.[↗](../../decisive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The battle was decisive and ended the war.[↗](../../decisive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Be decisive: pick a book and start reading\![↗](../../decisive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He acted decisively and called for help.[↗](../../decisive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Winning 10–0 was a decisive victory.[↗](../../decisive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **deck** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deck is a set of playing cards.[↗](../../deck/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A usual deck has 52 cards.[↗](../../deck/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A deck is a floor of a ship or bus, like the top deck.[↗](../../deck/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A deck is a wooden floor outside a house.[↗](../../deck/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To deck is to decorate, as in «deck the halls».[↗](../../deck/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A deck has 52 cards.[↗](../../deck/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She dealt the deck equally to 4 players.[↗](../../deck/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He paints a deck that is 10 feet by 12 feet.[↗](../../deck/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They have 3 decks of cards.[↗](../../deck/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat on the top deck of the bus.[↗](../../deck/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors stood on the deck.[↗](../../deck/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Shuffle the deck before you deal.[↗](../../deck/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Deck the halls with holly.[↗](../../deck/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ralph the Rover walked the deck.[↗](../../deck/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.[↗](../../deck/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deck/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.[↗](../../deck/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deck/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.[↗](../../deck/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deck/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **declaration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A declaration is an official or important statement that says something clearly to everyone.[↗](../../declaration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A declaration is a written document that states something formally, like a declaration of independence.[↗](../../declaration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A declaration of love is when someone says that they love another person.[↗](../../declaration/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king made a declaration that the war was over.[↗](../../declaration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The country signed a declaration of independence.[↗](../../declaration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At the airport, Dad filled in a customs declaration.[↗](../../declaration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His declaration of love made her blush.[↗](../../declaration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The headteacher read a declaration about the new school rules.[↗](../../declaration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The friends wrote a declaration of friendship and signed it.[↗](../../declaration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A declaration of war is a very serious event.[↗](../../declaration/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Such an invitation is a challenge; it is almost, among boys, a declaration of war.[↗](../../declaration/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.[↗](../../declaration/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declaration/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **declare** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To declare is to say something clearly, firmly or officially, so everyone knows.[↗](../../declare/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To declare war is to announce officially that a war is starting.[↗](../../declare/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To declare something at customs means to tell officials about goods you are bringing into a country.[↗](../../declare/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The judge declared her the winner.[↗](../../declare/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «I will never eat broccoli!» he declared.[↗](../../declare/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The country declared independence.[↗](../../declare/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The headteacher declared the new playground open.[↗](../../declare/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You must declare food at the airport.[↗](../../declare/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The mayor declared a state of emergency after the flood.[↗](../../declare/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She declared that she was going to become an astronaut.[↗](../../declare/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now he declares that I am healed.[↗](../../declare/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.'[↗](../../declare/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declare/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will declare unto thee, thine elders, and they will tell thee.[↗](../../declare/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declare/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I declare unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.[↗](../../declare/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.30.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declare/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Declare, if thou hast the understanding.[↗](../../declare/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declare/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Declare, if thou knowest it all.[↗](../../declare/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declare/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · But who shall declare his way to his face?[↗](../../declare/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declare/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/7/) **8** [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/9/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/7/) - next →: [page 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/9/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)