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declare

[dih-klair] / dɪˈklɛər /
VERB
make known clearly or officially
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acknowledge advocate affirm announce argue assert claim confirm disclose inform insist maintain proclaim reaffirm repeat reveal stress tell
STRONG
advance allege attest aver avow blaze certify cite confess contend convey demonstrate enunciate manifest notify pass profess promulgate pronounce propound publish reassert render show sound state swear testify validate vouch
WEAK
allegate asseverate be positive bring forward give out put forward set forth
Antonyms
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conceal contradict deny forget hide ignore oppose repudiate suppress veto withhold
STRONG
abandon confuse disavow disown fail mumble obscure refuse reject renounce retreat take
WEAK
disclaim retract
VERB
claim as possession
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acknowledge admit disclose indicate reveal
STRONG
avouch avow confess convey divulge impart manifest notify own profess represent state swear
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal hide refuse
STRONG
deny disavow disown keep repudiate secrete withhold
WEAK
disclaim retract

Example Sentences

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While decorations still appear in many shopping malls, from around 2022, many nursery and elementary schools started to declare they would no longer celebrate Christmas or other Western holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The best the judge could do was reassure Babb that he had acted reasonably at the scene and declare he could not conclude with sufficient certainty that Gamble had committed any crimes.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Farage's team say there was no requirement to declare the money because it was a personal gift.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

We declare that the authors utilized the ChatGPT for language editing purpose only, and the original manuscript texts were all written by human authors, not by artificial intelligence.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Gilbert can confidently declare that he has made new discoveries because he knows exactly what was known before.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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