declaration

noun

Simple meaning

An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing.

Pronunciation

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dehklerayshuhn

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IPA pronunciation (US)

dɛklɚˈeɪʃən

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Definition

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noun

An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
The act or process of declaring.
A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty: B1 · Intermediate
Frequency: Common
Typical Use: Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.

Used this way, declaration is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone: Neutral
Formality: Neutral
Intensity: Not strongly marked
How common: Moderately common
Connotation: Matter-of-fact
Usage feel: Neutral and straightforward

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use declaration

“The new manager made a declaration about the company's future goals.”

Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

universal declarationjoint declarationformal declarationpublic declarationfollowing declarationamerican declaration

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

declaration of estimated taxnounCompound term
Return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year.
declaration of independencenounCompound term
The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

declarativeadjectiveRelated term
Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.
declaratoryadjectiveRelated term
Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.
declaratory sentencenounRelated term
A sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration.
declarative sentencenounRelated term
A sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration.

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