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# proclaimed

«proclaimed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Announced something officially and publicly: "The king…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of proclaim: proclaim, proclaims, proclaimed, proclaiming); adjective (self-proclaimed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Announced something officially and publicly: "The king proclaimed a holiday." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#m1)

2) Said something loudly and proudly, as if to everyone: "'I won!' she proclaimed." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#m2)

3) (Bible, church) Spoke God's message to people: "Jesus proclaimed the good news." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#m3)

4) Something that was proclaimed can also be shown clearly so that everyone can see it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons kings, queens and governments proclaimed laws, wars and new rulers. In stories "proclaimed" is a strong speaking verb instead of "said", showing the speaker is proud, loud or official. "Self-proclaimed" means someone calls themselves something without proof: "a self-proclaimed expert". In church readings preachers and prophets proclaim God's word.

### examples

- The king proclaimed a day of celebration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#x1)
- "I am the best footballer in the class!" Tom proclaimed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#x2)
- Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#x3)
- The headteacher proclaimed Friday a non-uniform day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#x4)
- Jesus proclaimed the good news in Galilee, the Bible says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#x5)
- He is a self-proclaimed chess genius, but he lost to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#x6)
- Posters proclaimed the opening of the new library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#x7)
- What the botanist tells us after a number of imperfect lectures, the flower proclaimed in a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proclaimed/#x8)

### note

Base verb: proclaim; noun: proclamation (note the spelling change: proclaim → proclamation). Regular past -ed. Stronger and more official than "said" or "announced".

### In the corpora

- [And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1011/)
- [They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.784/)
- [And Jehu said: 'Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.' And they proclaimed it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.321/)
- [And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto the LORD; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.421/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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