declared Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb state emphatically and authoritatively
   declare.
   
   • He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
2. verb announce publicly or officially
   announce; declare.
   
   • The President declared war
3. verb state firmly
   declare.
   
   • He declared that he was innocent
4. verb declare to be
   hold; adjudge; declare.
   
   • She was declared incompetent
   • judge held that the defendant was innocent
5. verb authorize payments of
   declare.
   
   • declare dividends
6. verb designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
   declare.
   
7. verb make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
   declare.
   
   • Do you have anything to declare?
8. verb proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
   declare.
   
   • His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast
9. adjective made known or openly avowed
   
   • their declared and their covert objectives
   • a declared liberal
10. adjective satellite declared as fact; explicitly stated
    stated.
    

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