declaration
UK/ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
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Australia/ˌdek.ləˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
declaration noun: an emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
Noun
declaration (countable and uncountable, plural declarations)
- An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- The weather was not tempting enough to draw the two others from their pencil and their book, in spite of Marianne's declaration that the day would be lastingly fair […].1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
- Specifically, a declaration of love.
- I went to Miss Mills's, fraught with a declaration.1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
- He blushed a great deal when the others chaffed him for his obvious preference. He made the first declaration in his life to Fräulein Hedwig, but unfortunately it was an accident […].1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 23, in Of Human Bondage
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- The act or process of declaring.
- Synonyms:
- notice, profession
- The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
declaration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
declaration in Hindi
- written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
- घोषणा ghoṣṇā, बयान bayān, एलान elān, इज़हार izhār
declaration in Tamil
- act or process of declaring
- அறிவிப்பு aṟivippu
- written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
- அறிவிப்பு aṟivippu
declaration in Marathi
- written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
- घोषणा ghoṣṇā
declaration in Urdu
- written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief
- بَیان bayān, اِعْلان i'lān, اِظْہار izhār
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- declaration in Bengali
- ঘোষণা ghōśona
- declaration in Telugu
- మొర mora
- declaration in Malayalam
- പ്രഖ്യാപനം
- declaration in Kannada
- ಘೋಷಣೆ, ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆ, ಸಾರುವುದು, ಹೇಳಿಕೆ
- declaration in Gujarati
- જાહેરનામું jāhernāmũ
- declaration in Odia
- ଘୋଷଣା ପତ୍ର
- declaration in Sanskrit
- ख्याति khyāti, घोषणा ghoṣaṇā, वाक्य vākya, प्रतिज्ञा pratijñā
- declaration in Assamese
- ঘোষণা ghüxona
- declaration in Nepali
- घोषणा-पत्र, घोषणापत्र
- declaration in Pashto
- اعلام e'lām, اعلاميه e'lāmyá, بيان نامه bayān nāmá
- declaration in Arabic
- إِعْلَان ʔiʕlān, بَيَان bayān
- declaration in Malay
- perisytiharan
- declaration in Indonesian
- deklarasi
- declaration in Thai
- การประกาศ gaan-bprà-gàat
Examples of declaration in a sentence
- All our policies require a declaration of no prior knowledge as a matter of routine.
- One may use a fixity declaration in Haskell to describe an operator's precedence and direction of associativity.
- He decided to send his declaration by mail.
Synonyms of declaration
Forms of declaration
| plural | declarations |
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Origin of declaration
From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.
Words formed from declaration
Phrases with declaration
Words that rhyme with declaration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about declaration
- What does declaration mean?
- Declaration means an emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- What is declaration in Hindi?
- Declaration in Hindi is घोषणा (ghoṣṇā), बयान (bayān), एलान (elān). See Declaration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is declaration?
- Declaration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce declaration?
- Declaration is pronounced /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of declaration?
- The plural of declaration is declarations.
Words near declaration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: declaration (page history and authors); మొర (Telugu) (page history and authors); declaration (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); declaration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); જાહેરનામું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); declaration (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ख्याति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); declaration (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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