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noun
verb
noun
- Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
- a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
- A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
- The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- (programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
- Maintenance; vindication.
- (finance) The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
noun
- A declaration or remark.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- A presentation of opinion or position.
- (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
- (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
- (music) the presentation of a musical theme
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- a document showing credits and debits
- a nonverbal message
adj
verb
noun
- An assertion or affirmation.
- A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
- (logic) The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.
- (computing) The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.
- (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm.
- (transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
- (reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something).
- (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.
- (transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach.
- (transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
- practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
- take vows, as in religious order
- state freely
- confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
- state insincerely
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
- receive into a religious order or congregation
noun
- a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
- That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand
- (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)
- A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
- (law) A solemn pledge (to tell the truth, to bear allegiance, etc.), legally equivalent to an oath, taken by people who are forbidden to take a religious oath (such as Quakers) or otherwise prefer not to do so.
verb
- To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
- state or assert
- To keep in good condition and working order.
- To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
- have and exercise
- maintain for use and service
- state categorically
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
- supply with necessities and support
- support against an opponent
- stick to correctly or closely
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
noun
- That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; formal declaration
- The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.
- The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
verb
- assert or affirm
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
noun
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
adj
- relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
- relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
- (programming) That declares a construct.
- Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
- (grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
- (programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. Declarative programming
noun
- Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
- (Ithkuil linguistics) Illocution: a “performative” statement which. by its utterance/publication, creates a change of state (at least psychologically) for the addressees (i.e., a declaration, announcement, edict, etc.)
noun
- A declaration or official announcement.
- (historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.
- (historical) The decree made by Roman emperors which fixed the property tax for the next fifteen years.
- a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
verb
- (transitive) To declare by acclamations.
- (Canada, politics) To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
- (transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
- (transitive) To express great approval (for).
- praise vociferously
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
noun
phrase
- Initialism of to be declared.
- Initialism of to be deducted.
- Initialism of to be decided.
- Initialism of to be developed.
- Initialism of to be discovered.
- Initialism of to be done.
- Initialism of to be destroyed.
- Initialism of to be dated.
- Initialism of to be disclosed.
- Initialism of to be delivered.
- Initialism of to be derived.
- Initialism of to be discussed.
- Initialism of to be defined.
- Initialism of to be documented.
- Initialism of to be determined.
- Initialism of to be designed.
noun
verb
- state or assert
- argue or speak in defense of
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- be on the defensive; act against an attack
- protect against a challenge or attack
- protect or fight for as a champion
- fight against or resist strongly
- (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- (cricket) Mostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.
- (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
- (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
- (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
- (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
- (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
noun
- an authoritative declaration
- an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
- An arbitrament or award.
- The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
- A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
- An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
noun
- A statement of intent.
- A flourish after a signature.
- (Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
- Red ochre.
- (education) A set of explanatory notes or rules at the beginning of an exam paper, usually typographically distinct from the rest of the paper.
- A title of a category or a class.
- (education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
- An established rule or custom; a guideline.
- A heading in a book highlighted in red.
- category name
- an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure
- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)
- a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type
adj
verb
verb
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
- (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
- (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
- state categorically
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- postulate positively and assertively
noun
noun
- An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- The act or process of declaring.
- (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
- (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a formal public statement
- (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
- a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
- a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
verb
- (transitive) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
- (intransitive) To enter a state of physiological erection.
- (intransitive, aviation, of a gyroscopic attitude indicator) To spin up and align to vertical.
- (transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
- (transitive, astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
- (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
- (transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- (transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
- (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
- To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
- cause to rise up
- construct, build, or erect
adj
- (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
- Watchful; alert.
- (of a person) Having an erect penis or clitoris.
- Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
- (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
- of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
- upright in position or posture
adj
- Of an assertion, etc.: assuming or suggesting the existence of something.
- Of or relating to existentialism (“a philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices”).
- Of or relating to existence.
- (linguistics) Relating to part of a clause that indicates existence (for example, there is).
- Concerning the very existence of something, especially with regard to evading extinction.
- of or as conceived by existentialism
- derived from experience or the experience of existence
- relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)
noun
noun
- a statement that represents something in words
- sort or variety
- the act of describing something
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
noun
- One who declares.
- (bridge) The person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump.
- (computer science) A statement that declares the properties of a variable or contributes to doing so.
- someone who claims to speak the truth
- the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
verb
- assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
- demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
- ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- To cause the loss of.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
- To demand ownership of.
noun
- a demand
- demand for something as rightful or due
- an established or recognized right
- an informal right to something
- an assertion that something is true or factual
- an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
- (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding.
- A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
- A demand of ownership made for something.
noun
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
- A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- (linguistics, especially applied linguistics and pragmatics) A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- (UK, Ireland, attributive, figurative) With indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; being third-rate, poor, shoddy.
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (UK, West Country, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
- A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
verb
- hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
- minimize loss or risk
- (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
- (transitive) To obstruct or surround.
- (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
- (transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
- (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
noun
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- The act of one who hedges (in various senses).
- Any plant used to form a hedge.
- (pragmatics, composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements.
- (finance) the practice of taking a position in one market to offset and balance against the risk adopted by assuming a position in a contrary or opposing market or investment
verb
noun
- an authoritative statement
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- the final statement in a verbal argument
- (idiomatic) A concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation.
- (often sarcastic, often pluralized) The final statement uttered by a person before death.
- (idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
- (idiomatic) A final decision or remark, or the right to make one.
verb
- (transitive) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
- (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
noun
verb
noun
- Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
- a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
- A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
- The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- (programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
- Maintenance; vindication.
- (finance) The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
noun
- A declaration or remark.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- A presentation of opinion or position.
- (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
- (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
- (music) the presentation of a musical theme
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- a document showing credits and debits
- a nonverbal message
adj
verb
noun
- An assertion or affirmation.
- A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
- (logic) The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.
- (computing) The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.
- (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
noun
noun
- a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
- That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand
- (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)
- A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
- (law) A solemn pledge (to tell the truth, to bear allegiance, etc.), legally equivalent to an oath, taken by people who are forbidden to take a religious oath (such as Quakers) or otherwise prefer not to do so.
noun
- That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; formal declaration
- The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.
- The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
adj
- relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
- relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
- (programming) That declares a construct.
- Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
- (grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
- (programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. Declarative programming
noun
- Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
- (Ithkuil linguistics) Illocution: a “performative” statement which. by its utterance/publication, creates a change of state (at least psychologically) for the addressees (i.e., a declaration, announcement, edict, etc.)
noun
- A declaration or official announcement.
- (historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.
- (historical) The decree made by Roman emperors which fixed the property tax for the next fifteen years.
- a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
noun
- an authoritative declaration
- an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
- An arbitrament or award.
- The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
- A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
- An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
noun
- A statement of intent.
- A flourish after a signature.
- (Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
- Red ochre.
- (education) A set of explanatory notes or rules at the beginning of an exam paper, usually typographically distinct from the rest of the paper.
- A title of a category or a class.
- (education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
- An established rule or custom; a guideline.
- A heading in a book highlighted in red.
- category name
- an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure
- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)
- a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type
adj
verb
noun
- An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- The act or process of declaring.
- (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
- (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a formal public statement
- (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
- a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
- a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
verb
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
- (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
- (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
- state categorically
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- postulate positively and assertively
noun
noun
- a statement that represents something in words
- sort or variety
- the act of describing something
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
noun
- One who declares.
- (bridge) The person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump.
- (computer science) A statement that declares the properties of a variable or contributes to doing so.
- someone who claims to speak the truth
- the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
noun
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
- A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- (linguistics, especially applied linguistics and pragmatics) A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- (UK, Ireland, attributive, figurative) With indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; being third-rate, poor, shoddy.
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (UK, West Country, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
- A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
verb
- hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
- minimize loss or risk
- (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
- (transitive) To obstruct or surround.
- (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
- (transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
- (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
noun
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- The act of one who hedges (in various senses).
- Any plant used to form a hedge.
- (pragmatics, composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements.
- (finance) the practice of taking a position in one market to offset and balance against the risk adopted by assuming a position in a contrary or opposing market or investment
verb
noun
- an authoritative statement
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- the final statement in a verbal argument
- (idiomatic) A concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation.
- (often sarcastic, often pluralized) The final statement uttered by a person before death.
- (idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
- (idiomatic) A final decision or remark, or the right to make one.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm.
- (transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
- (reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something).
- (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.
- (transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach.
- (transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
- practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
- take vows, as in religious order
- state freely
- confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
- state insincerely
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
- receive into a religious order or congregation
verb
- To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
- state or assert
- To keep in good condition and working order.
- To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
- have and exercise
- maintain for use and service
- state categorically
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
- supply with necessities and support
- support against an opponent
- stick to correctly or closely
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
verb
- assert or affirm
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
noun
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
verb
- (transitive) To declare by acclamations.
- (Canada, politics) To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
- (transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
- (transitive) To express great approval (for).
- praise vociferously
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
noun
verb
- state or assert
- argue or speak in defense of
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- be on the defensive; act against an attack
- protect against a challenge or attack
- protect or fight for as a champion
- fight against or resist strongly
- (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- (cricket) Mostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.
- (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
- (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
- (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
- (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
- (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
verb
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
- (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
- (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
- state categorically
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- postulate positively and assertively
noun
verb
- (transitive) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
- (intransitive) To enter a state of physiological erection.
- (intransitive, aviation, of a gyroscopic attitude indicator) To spin up and align to vertical.
- (transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
- (transitive, astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
- (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
- (transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- (transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
- (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
- To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
- cause to rise up
- construct, build, or erect
adj
- (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
- Watchful; alert.
- (of a person) Having an erect penis or clitoris.
- Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
- (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
- of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
- upright in position or posture
verb
- assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
- demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
- ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- To cause the loss of.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
- To demand ownership of.
noun
- a demand
- demand for something as rightful or due
- an established or recognized right
- an informal right to something
- an assertion that something is true or factual
- an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
- (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding.
- A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
- A demand of ownership made for something.
verb
- (transitive) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
- (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
adj
- relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
- relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
- (programming) That declares a construct.
- Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
- (grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
- (programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. Declarative programming
noun
- Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
- (Ithkuil linguistics) Illocution: a “performative” statement which. by its utterance/publication, creates a change of state (at least psychologically) for the addressees (i.e., a declaration, announcement, edict, etc.)
adj
- Of an assertion, etc.: assuming or suggesting the existence of something.
- Of or relating to existentialism (“a philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices”).
- Of or relating to existence.
- (linguistics) Relating to part of a clause that indicates existence (for example, there is).
- Concerning the very existence of something, especially with regard to evading extinction.
- of or as conceived by existentialism
- derived from experience or the experience of existence
- relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)