declaration

From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛkləˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

declaration (countable and uncountable, plural declarations)

1. A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.

   a declaration of love

2. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
3. The act or process of declaring.
4. (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
5. (law) 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.
6. (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1:

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

• (act or process of declaring): notice
• (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement
• (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement

• (computing): forward declaration

• declare

• complaint
• customs declaration
• statutory
• statutory declaration

• declaration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• indacaterol, redactional

declaration f (plural declarations)

1. declaration