declaration

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Specifically, a declaration of love.
3. (countable, uncountable) A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of declaring.
5. (countable, uncountable) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
6. (countable, uncountable) 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.
7. (countable, uncountable) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

Synonyms

statement

announcement

proclamation

assertion

manifesto

pronouncement

utterance

notice

notification

promulgation

avowal

report

expression

communication

stated

testimony

contract

remark

demonstration

profession

annunciation

affirmation

resolve

clarification

confession

argument

explanation

affirmance

edict

saying

bulletin

speaking

🗣️

representation

deposition

resolution

specification

promise

allegation

attestation

disclosure

manifestation

pronunciamento

speech

declamation

customs declaration

assurance

contents

asseveration

agreement

communiqué

Translations

déclaration

Erklärung

declaración

Deklaration

dichiarazione

declaração

declaratie

declaració

proclamation

verklaring

fatum

δήλωση

annonce

Aussage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdɛkləˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: declaration

Cognate with French: déclaration

In summary

From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.