A clear public or official statement that tells people what you think, feel, or plan.
During the press conference, the mayor made a declaration of support for the new park.
He opened the letter with the bold declaration “I love you.”
✦ Late Middle English from Latin declaratio, from declarare meaning “to make clear.”
A written statement that you must give to an authority, listing facts such as what goods you are bringing into a country or details needed by a court.
At the airport, travelers must fill out a customs declaration before entering the country.
The witness signed a sworn declaration for the court.
In computer programming, a line of code that introduces a variable, function, or other item and gives its name and basic properties.
The student learned how to write a variable declaration in Java.
Without a function declaration, the program would not compile correctly.
In cricket, the act of a captain ending the team’s innings before all players are out.
After scoring 450 runs, the captain made a surprise declaration.
The early declaration gave the bowlers extra time to win the match.
