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# declare

«declare» in Mova's school dictionary: **to say something clearly, firmly or officially, so…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (declare, declares, declared, declaring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To declare is to say something clearly, firmly or officially, so everyone knows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#m1)

2) To declare war is to announce officially that a war is starting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#m2)

3) To declare something at customs means to tell officials about goods you are bringing into a country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and social studies, countries declare independence or war; officials declare a result or an emergency. In stories a character declares their love or their plan. In cricket, a team captain declares to end their innings early. Phrases: declare war, declare independence, declare the winner, declare that, nothing to declare.

### examples

- The judge declared her the winner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#x1)
- «I will never eat broccoli!» he declared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#x2)
- The country declared independence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#x3)
- The headteacher declared the new playground open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#x4)
- You must declare food at the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#x5)
- The mayor declared a state of emergency after the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#x6)
- She declared that she was going to become an astronaut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#x7)
- Now he declares that I am healed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: declared, declaring (drop the e). Noun: declaration. Similar: announce, state, proclaim.

### In the corpora

- [Edward Jenner made the first vaccine in 1796 from cowpox, and smallpox was declared wiped out worldwide in 1980.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines/9/)
- [Kai declared it the most unfair rule in the history of the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/6/)
- [In 1949 Mao Zedong won the civil war and declared the People's Republic; the Nationalists went to Taiwan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/5/)
- [Polls in Taiwan have shown most people want to keep things as they are, neither declaring full independence nor joining China.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/18/)
- [The United States declared its independence in 1776.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/48-time-and-history/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «declare» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declare/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.