How do you use the word "declare" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "declare": Do you have anything to declare? I hereby declare the opening of the Olympic Games.

Declare Meaning

/dɪˈklɛə/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo make clear, explain, interpret.

verbTo assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.

Sentence Examples

Do you have anything to declare?

I hereby declare the opening of the Olympic Games.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

announce

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Passengers must ____ any valuable items when going through customs.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Do you have anything to ____?

Word Origin & History

From Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārō (“to make clear”), from dē- + clārus (“clear”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable." — 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:

"To declare this a little, vve muſt aſſume, that the Surfaces of all ſuch Bodies, […] are exactly ſmooth only in a popular, or at moſt in a Phyſical ſenſe, but not in a ſtrict and rigid ſenſe." — 1664, Robert Boyle, chapter III, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC, part I, page 26:

"The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income." — 1984 April 2, Richard Woodbury, Anastasia Toufexis, “Law: The Trouble with Harry”, in Time:

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