0 present participle of declare --
1 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.
2 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.
It seemed unwise to dismiss these views with one sentence in the report declaring that the literature was of insufficient quality to be considered seriously.
The old man had pressed him to stay, declaring that his presence would help him back to health.
In addition, states had elaborate procedures for declaring the unpaid subscriptions that became due.
This paper attempts to quantify procedures for declaring eradication which in the past have involved common sense and educated guesses.
Two men provided only their date of birth, revealing age without declaring it.
This does not yet justify our declaring a geometry based on transcendental intuition to be impossible.
It also has a parameter, length, declaring the maximal length of the trajectory that the user can accept.
Identity cards were obtained for escapers by the expedient of helpers declaring their own as 'lost' and applying for replacements.
