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declaration

.deklә'reiʃәn8 senses · 8 ms
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noun/ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən//ˌdek.ləˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
  1. 1

    An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.countableuncountable

    • 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 […].
  2. 2

    Specifically, a declaration of love.archaiccountableuncountable

    • I went to Miss Mills's, fraught with a declaration.
    • 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 […].
  3. 3

    A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    The act or process of declaring.countableuncountable

  5. 5

    The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.countableuncountable

  6. 6

    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.countableuncountable

  7. 7

    The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.countableuncountable

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