declaration

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
  2. noun (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
  3. noun a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

Etymology

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

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