declare

To officially report the money you earn or the things you own or bring into a country.

• You must declare your income.
• Did you declare those goods at customs?
• She declared all her overseas assets.

Similar words: report

Common phrases: declare income, declare goods, declare assets

To introduce a named value or function in computer code, usually stating its type.

• First, declare a variable.
• She declared the function in a separate file.
• You must declare its type before using it.

How to use it: declare something as something (We declared the counter as an integer.)

Common phrases: declare a variable, declare a function

In cricket, to choose to end your team’s turn at batting before all its players are out.

• The captain decided to declare.
• They declared with two wickets left.
• Would you declare now or keep batting?

How to use it: declare at + score (The captain declared at 420 for six.)

Common phrases: declare an innings, decide to declare