declaration — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

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

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   The weather was not tempting enough to draw the two others from their pencil and their book, in spite of Marianne's declaration that the day would be lastingly fair […].

2. Specifically, a declaration of love.

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   I went to Miss Mills's, fraught with a declaration.

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   He blushed a great deal when the others chaffed him for his obvious preference. He made the first declaration in his life to Fräulein Hedwig, but unfortunately it was an accident […].

3. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.

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4. The act or process of declaring.

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5. The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.

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6. In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.

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7. The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

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Substantiv

1. a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

   Oberbegriffe

   statement

2. (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction

   Oberbegriffe

   testimony

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   his declaration of innocence

3. a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

   Oberbegriffe

   statement

4. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

   Synonyme

   contract

   Oberbegriffe

   bidbidding

5. a formal public statement

   Synonyme

   announcementproclamationannunciation

   Oberbegriffe

   statement

   Beispiele

   the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war

   a declaration of independence

6. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

   Synonyme

   resolutionresolve

   Oberbegriffe

   documentwritten documentpapers