American English pronunciation
How to pronounce declaration
IPA transcription: [,dɛklɚ'eɪʃən]
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Noun
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a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
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a formal public statement
“the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war”
“a declaration of independence”
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a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
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(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
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(law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
“his declaration of innocence”
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a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
Usage examples
- There was no formal declaration of war by either side.
- Rees described Gillard's signing of the declaration as childish, thoughtless but easily populist.
- This meeting adopted the Johannesburg Declaration, committing the parties to core liberal democratic principles.
- Many documents now echo the phrase used in the United States Declaration of Independence.
- Moreover, many officers considered America's oil embargo an unspoken declaration of war.
- Besides these declarations, no other plebiscite was held.
- This created the Texas Declaration of Independence, with both Clark and Gained signed.
- The Final Declaration of the conference addressed all of these issues.
- The term forward reference is sometimes used as a synonym of "forward declaration".
- Roger Sherman was a signer of United States Declaration of Independence and Constitution.