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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dek-luh-rey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛk ləˈreɪ ʃən



Definition of declaration

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "action of stating," from Old French declaration, from Latin declarationem (nominative declaratio), noun of action from past participle stem of declarare (see declare). Meaning "proclamation, public statement" is from 1650s. Declaration of independence is recorded from 1776 (the one by the British American colonies seems to be the first so called; though the phrase is not in the document itself, it was titled that from the first in the press).
  • noun assertion of belief or knowledge
  • noun official proclamation
Example sentences :
  • It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • In 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, they both died.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • And how was this to be done, after such a declaration from both my uncles?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Mr. Mayor was therefore informed that the declaration would not be read.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • There was a masterful quality in his declaration, which seemed to ignore her negation.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The declaration, simple as it was, aroused the official to new indignation.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • After that, in a torrent, came Harriet's declaration of independence.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • No declaration of policy or intention could have been more explicit.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • This declaration was heard by Almeria with undisguised satisfaction.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It remains only to renew the declaration, that every part of this narrative is supposed to be true.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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