0 to announce something clearly, firmly, publicly, or officially: --
Goods to declare.
Nothing to declare.
The country declared independence in 1952 (= announced that it was no longer under the control of another country).
figurative The government has declared war on (= announced that thaey intended to stop) the drug dealers.
America declared war on Japan in 1941 (= announced officially that it was at war).
[ + speech ] "I won't do it!" he declared.
[ + obj + (to be) + noun/adj ] They declared themselves (to be) bankrupt.
[ + (that) ] She declared (that) it was the best chocolate cake she had ever tasted.
1 If a cricket team declares, they stop batting (= hitting the ball) because they think they already have enough runs (= points) to win: --
Pakistan declared at 350 for 7.
2 to announce or express something clearly and publicly, esp. officially: --
3 to make a public or official statement about something: --
declare sb bankrupt Figures released by the bank showed almost 12,000 companies had been declared bankrupt in the third quarter of the year.
declare bankruptcy If restrictions on air travel are enforced, several of the large airlines may be forced to declare bankruptcy.
declare a ban/moratorium on sth In times of crisis the industry must declare a moratorium on aggressive marketing and sales tactics.
declare yourself to be sth Silverjet, the transatlantic business airline, has declared itself carbon-neutral.
declare sb/sth (to be) sth The WTO issued an interim ruling declaring the subsidies illegal.
declare (that) The Serious Fraud Office is expected to declare that it will be conducting further investigations.
After the acquittal, CEO, Bill Peters, declared: "We feel vindicated."
All pre-existing health conditions should be declared to your insurer.
4 to make a written statement to the tax authorities containing information about money you have earned, shares you have bought, etc.: --
5 to tell customs that you are bringing goods into a country on which you have to pay tax: --
The green channel is for those passengers with nothing to declare.
Rules, moreover, determine which officials count the votes, certify the victor, and declare the election to be legitimate.
By the end of an employment relationship, an employer has to declare when (date and time) the employee in question leaves the company.
She declared a piece of vineyard with olive trees, which was valued at 6 florins.
The presidential election was, however, declared by an international group of monitors to have been largely ' free and fair '.
Its declared purpose was to tax huge profits made through war-time profiteering, as well as to combat inflation.
Next, the mats-symbolic seats of authority-of the lords were "counted" and ranked, and the lords declared their candidacy for various political positions.
What is, however, the propositional attitude involved in utterances which declare facts as proven?
Actually, the lexicon consists of a set of source lexical files, where each entry is declared with a minimal set of proper ties.