<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms: to declare one's position in a controversy.</li><li>To announce officially; proclaim: to declare a state of emergency; to declare a winner.</li><li>To state emphatically: He declared that the allegation was a lie.</li><li>Synonyms: state, asseverate, aver</li><li>Antonyms: deny</li><li>To manifest; reveal; show: Her attendance at the rally declared her political allegiance.</li><li>Synonyms: publish, disclose</li><li>To make due statement of, especially goods for duty or income for taxation.</li><li>To make (a dividend) payable.</li><li>Bridge: to bid (a trump suit or no-trump).</li></ul>