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Dictionary Definition
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1. (33) declare -- (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with")
2. (13) announce, declare -- (announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war")
3. (12) declare -- (state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent")
4. (9) declare, adjudge, hold -- (declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent")
5. (1) declare -- (authorize payments of; "declare dividends")
6. declare -- (designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand)
7. declare -- (make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?")
8. declare -- (proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast")

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Working Definition:

To assert that something is the case, e.g., "She is a superb athlete."

Disciplinary Definitions:

assertion/proposition: a linguistic structure related to the author's beliefs, desire, or other psychological attitude. e.g., "I believe that snow is white." Steven J. Wagner (The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, (658).

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