declare🔊

(obsolete) To make clear, explain, interpret.

To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically. +

(card games) To show one's cards in order to score.

(cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.

(politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result

To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.

(programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.