v. Function: verb
1 to make known openly or publicly FF1C; declared his intention to run for the senate FF1E;
Synonyms: advertise, announce, annunciate, blaze (abroad), blazon, broadcast, bruit (about), disseminate, proclaim, promulgate, publish, sound, toot, vend
Related Words: acquaint, advise, apprise, inform, notify; communicate, impart; pronounce; disclose, discover, divulge, reveal; report
Idioms: declare oneself, make public ( or known)
Contrasted Words: hold, hold back, keep back, reserve, withhold; recall, recant, retract, revoke
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Synonyms: ASSERT 1, affirm, aver, avouch, avow, constate, depose, predicate, profess, protest
Related Words: air, broach, express, utter, vent, ventilate, voice; acknowledge, admit, own
Idioms: have one's say
Contrasted Words: controvert; deny; repress, suppress; conceal, hide
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Synonyms: SAY 1, bring out, chime in, come out (with), deliver, state, tell, throw out, utter
Related Words: broach, express, voice
Idioms: speak one's piece