declaration
nounCA, US, UK /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ · AU, NZ /ˌdek.ləˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.
7 senses
- 1An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or…
- 2Specifically, a declaration of love.
- 3A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs…
- 4The act or process of declaring.
- 5The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring…
- 6In common law, the formal document specifying…
- 7The specification of an object, such as a variable or…
An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- 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 […].1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility:
Archaic Specifically, a declaration of love.
- I went to Miss Mills's, fraught with a declaration.1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:
- 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 […].1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 23, in Of Human Bondage:
A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
The act or process of declaring.
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
Law 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.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
- Derived terms
- Arrow declaration, counterdeclaration, declaration bowling, declaration of intent, declaration of love, declaration of war, declaration of will, dying declaration, misdeclaration, nondeclaration, predeclaration, redeclaration, tax declaration, undeclaration
- Related terms
- declare, complaint, customs declaration, statutory, statutory declaration
- Hyponyms
- forward declaration