different between declare vs emphasise
declare
English
Etymology
From Old French declarer, from Latin d?cl?r? (“to make clear”), from d?- + cl?rus (“clear”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??kle?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??kl??/, /d??kl??/
Verb
declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)
- (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
- 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours
- To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies […] are exactly smooth.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- (intransitive) To make a declaration.
- Synonyms: disclose, make known; see also Thesaurus:announce
- (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
- (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) 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.
- (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.
- One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.
- (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
- (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.
- 1984, Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time, 2 April:
- The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
- 1984, Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time, 2 April:
- (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
- (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- cedrela, cleared, creedal, relaced
Portuguese
Verb
declare
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of declarar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of declarar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of declarar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of declarar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [de?klare]
Verb
declare
- third-person singular present subjunctive of declara
- third-person plural present subjunctive of declara
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?kla?e/, [d?e?kla.?e]
Verb
declare
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of declarar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of declarar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of declarar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of declarar.
declare From the web:
- what declared the missouri compromise unconstitutional
- what declares laws unconstitutional
- what declare mean
- what declares war
- what declared the coercive acts illegal
- what declares martial law
- what declares a car totaled
- what declares a pandemic
emphasise
English
Verb
emphasise (third-person singular simple present emphasises, present participle emphasising, simple past and past participle emphasised)
- (British) Alternative spelling of emphasize
Usage notes
The "s" spelling has co-existed with the "z" spelling for at least 150 years (Thackeray wrote emphasised), and is becoming more common in the UK, with the "z" spelling slowly falling out of usage.
Anagrams
- semiheaps
emphasise From the web:
- what emphasize means
- what emphasizes parts of sentences
- what emphasizes defeating an opponent
- what emphasized the need for the panama canal
- what emphasized the importance and power of religion
- what emphasized personal psychological growth
- what emphasizes states rights the most
- what emphasised the notion of a united community
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