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English noun: declaration | |||
| 1. | declaration (communication) a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | assertion, asseveration, averment, bastardization, confession, dictum, manifesto, postulation, predication, pronouncement, pronunciamento, protestation, say-so, threat | ||
| 2. | declaration (communication) (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction | ||
| Samples | His declaration of innocence. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | testimony | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 3. | declaration (communication) a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statement | ||
| 4. | declaration (communication) (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | ||
| Synonyms | contract | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bid, bidding | ||
| Part meronym | bridge | ||
| Domain category | contract | ||
| 5. | declaration (communication) a formal public statement | ||
| Samples | The government made an announcement about changes in the drug war. A declaration of independence. | ||
| Synonyms | announcement, annunciation, proclamation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | edict, promulgation | ||
| 6. | declaration (communication) a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote | ||
| Synonyms | resolution, resolve | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | document, papers, written document | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | joint resolution | ||
| Instance hyponym | Declaration of Independence | ||
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