Declare vs. Pronounce

To make clear, explain, interpret.

(intransitive) To make a declaration.

(transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.

Example: ‘He declared him innocent.’;

For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.

(transitive) To announce something formally or officially.

Example: ‘declare bankruptcy’; ‘declare victory’;

For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result

Example: ‘Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election.’;

(transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.

(transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

(transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.

To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.

Example: ‘The counter "i" was declared as an integer.’;

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce.

Example: ‘This day I have begot whom I declareMy only Son.’; ‘The heavens declare the glory of God.’;

To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.

Example: ‘I the Lord . . . declare things that are right.’;

To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.

To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; - often with for or against; as, victory declares against the allies.

Example: ‘Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait,And then come smiling, and declare for fate.’;

To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

state emphatically and authoritatively;

Example: ‘He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with’;

announce publicly or officially;

Example: ‘The President declared war’;

state firmly;

Example: ‘He declared that he was innocent’;

declare to be;

Example: ‘She was declared incompetent’; ‘judge held that the defendant was innocent’;

authorize payments of;

Example: ‘declare dividends’;

designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand

make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official;

Example: ‘Do you have anything to declare?’;

proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against;

Example: ‘His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast’;

Declare (2000) is a supernatural spy novel by American author Tim Powers. The novel presents a secret history of the Cold War, and earned several major fantasy fiction awards.

(transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.

Example: ‘I hereby pronounce you man and wife.’;

(transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.

Example: ‘The doctor pronounced them legally dead.’;

(intransitive) To pass judgment.

Example: ‘The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.’;

(transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.

(in passive) To sound like.

(intransitive) To produce the components of speech.

Example: ‘Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.’;

(transitive) To pronounce dead.

(transitive) To read aloud.

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.

To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.

Example: ‘Sternly he pronouncedThe rigid interdiction.’;

To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.

Example: ‘Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you.’;

To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.

Example: ‘The God who hallowed thee and blessed,Pronouncing thee all good.’;

To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.

To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.

Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;

Example: ‘She pronounces French words in a funny way’; ‘I cannot say `zip wire'’; ‘Can the child sound out this complicated word?’;

pronounce judgment on;

Example: ‘They labeled him unfit to work here’;