different between declare vs ratify
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
ratify
English
Etymology
From Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratifico, from Latin ratus (“reckoned”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æt?fa?/, /??æt?fa?/
- Rhymes: -æt?fa?
Verb
ratify (third-person singular simple present ratifies, present participle ratifying, simple past and past participle ratified)
- (transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.
Synonyms
- (give formal consent to): approve
Related terms
- ratification
- ratifier
Translations
ratify From the web:
- what ratify means
- what ratify the new constitution
- what ratify treaties
- ratify what does it means
- what does ratify mean in law
- what is ratifying the constitution
- what does ratify the constitution mean
- what does ratify the era mean
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