declare

/dɪˈkleər/ verb (present participle declaring, past tense and past participle declared)

Definition

B1 to officially tell someone the value of something, for example at an airport, because you might have to pay tax: Do you have anything to declare?

› to announce something publicly or officially: Scientists have declared that the process is safe. The country has declared war on its neighbour.

(Definition of declare verb from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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