"declare" meaning in English

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    },
    {
      "form": "declares",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declared",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "declaring",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "declar",
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      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She was declared the winner Sunday, with 54 percent of the vote."
        },
        {
          "text": "He was declared dead in February, seven months after he disappeared."
        },
        {
          "text": "A storm has caused flooding and a state of emergency has been declared."
        },
        {
          "text": "Victory there was declared on September 25 even though fighting in the city went on for three more days."
        },
        {
          "text": "France had declared war on Germany following the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939."
        },
        {
          "text": "The Court declared unconstitutional a law requiring students to salute the American flag."
        },
        {
          "text": "Many suppliers go out of business without formally declaring bankruptcy."
        },
        {
          "text": "But before political independence was declared, the colonies had become independent in other ways."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you declare something, you say it publicly or officially."
      ],
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        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "If you declare what you own or earn, you officially list those things."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "If you declare something, you say it publicly or officially."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪkleə(r)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "sampa": "/dIkle@(r)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈklɛɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-declare.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-declare.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "declare"
}

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    {
      "form": "declare",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declares",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "declared",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declaring",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "e"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She was declared the winner Sunday, with 54 percent of the vote."
        },
        {
          "text": "He was declared dead in February, seven months after he disappeared."
        },
        {
          "text": "A storm has caused flooding and a state of emergency has been declared."
        },
        {
          "text": "Victory there was declared on September 25 even though fighting in the city went on for three more days."
        },
        {
          "text": "France had declared war on Germany following the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939."
        },
        {
          "text": "The Court declared unconstitutional a law requiring students to salute the American flag."
        },
        {
          "text": "Many suppliers go out of business without formally declaring bankruptcy."
        },
        {
          "text": "But before political independence was declared, the colonies had become independent in other ways."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you declare something, you say it publicly or officially."
      ],
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        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you declare what you own or earn, you officially list those things."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you declare something, you say it publicly or officially."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪkleə(r)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/dIkle@(r)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈklɛɚ/",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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        "US"
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        "Australia"
      ]
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  "word": "declare"
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