What does "declaration" mean?

1. (formal statement) an official or public statement that tells people about a decision or a fact. 2. (legal list of goods) a written list of items you have, usually for taxes or travel. 3. (programming code) a piece of code that tells a computer a name or variable exists. 4. (statement of love) a serious and open statement of your romantic feelings for someone.

declaration

US //ˌdɛkɫɝˈeɪʃən// UK //dˌɛkləɹˈeɪʃən// dec·la·ra·tion

1 formal statement (n.)
B2 Upper Intermediate Formal

an official or public statement that tells people about a decision or a fact.

a formal or explicit statement or announcement, often carrying official weight or authority.

Example

The government made a formal declaration of war against the invading army.

Example

The council issued a formal declaration of intent to preserve the historic district, effectively halting all pending demolition permits.
- denial
- silence
2 legal list of goods (n.)
B2 Upper Intermediate Law

a written list of items you have, usually for taxes or travel.

a formal statement of goods or income for the assessment of duty or tax.

Example

You must sign a customs declaration when you enter the country with expensive gifts.

Example

Failure to provide an accurate declaration of assets during the bankruptcy proceedings resulted in severe financial penalties for the corporation.
- manifest
- report

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3 programming code (n.)
C1 Advanced Technical Computing

a piece of code that tells a computer a name or variable exists.

a statement that specifies the properties of an identifier, such as a variable or function, without necessarily defining its value.

Example

The programmer forgot the variable declaration, so the code would not run.

Example

In many strongly typed languages, a clear declaration of the data type is required before the variable can be used in any logical operations.
- specification
4 statement of love (n.)
C1 Advanced Literary Archaic

a serious and open statement of your romantic feelings for someone.

an explicit and emphatic assertion of romantic feelings or devotion.

Example

He surprised her with a sudden declaration of his undying love.

Example

The novel reaches its climax when the protagonist finally makes a passionate declaration of his affections in the rain.
- confession
- avowal

Origin

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