verb To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
He declared him innocent.
verb To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
verb To show one's cards in order to score.
verb For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.
verb The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.
He declared at 689-7.
verb To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
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