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Past tense of declare

regular verb

The past tense of declare is declared. The past participle is also declared.

Forms of declare

Base form (V1)declare /dɪˈklɛə/
Past tense (V2)declared /dɪˈklɛəd/
Past participle (V3)declared /dɪˈklɛəd/
Present participledeclaring /dɪˈklɛɹɪŋ/
Third person singulardeclares

Declared in a sentence

  • He declared him innocent.
  • God does not play dice with the world, he declared.1989 May, John Boslough, “Searching for the Secrets of Gravity”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 576
  • The National Brewing Company declared that the Chesapeake Bay region was the Land of Pleasant Living.From the entry living
  • After the trial, little Robert was declared a ward of the state.From the entry ward
  • The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.From the entry seal

Meaning of declare

  1. verb To make clear, explain, interpret.
  2. verb To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
  3. verb To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

Full definition of declare

Questions about the past tense of declare

What is the past tense of declare?
The past tense of declare is declared.
What is the past participle of declare?
The past participle of declare is declared.
Is declare a regular or irregular verb?
Declare is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: declare (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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