Meaning of proclaim in English

proclaim

verb [ T ]

/prəˈkleɪm/ us

/proʊˈkleɪm/

proclaim verb [T] (ANNOUNCE)

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formal

to announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive:

All the countries have proclaimed their loyalty to the alliance.

Republican party members were confidently proclaiming victory even as the first few votes came in.

[ + that ] It was the famous speech in which he proclaimed that socialism was dead.

[ + two objects ] She was proclaimed Queen at the age of 13 after the sudden death of her father.

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After the abdication, George was immediately proclaimed king.
Bush was proclaiming victory even before the last votes had been counted.
The president has proclaimed a state of emergency.
Brazil proclaimed itself independent from Portugal in 1882.
The charter proclaims that each state will be independently governed.

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proclaim verb [T] (SHOW)

literary

to show something or make it clear:

Wearing scarves and hats which proclaimed their allegiance, the football fans flooded into the bar.

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Showing and demonstrating

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proclaim

verb [ T ]

/prəˈkleɪm, proʊ-/

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to announce something publicly or officially:

She confidently proclaimed victory even as the first few votes came in.

(Definition of proclaim from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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I'm afraid it proclaims the triumph of texture over substance and at 21 minutes way overstays its welcome.

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The primary health care philosophy and approach offer us such a framework, and we should not be shy about proclaiming its relevance.

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The guilty party was proclaimed to be legally dead, with all the financial consequences that that entailed.

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Ignorance was proclaimed king, and an authority set up.

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Traffic rules, prescribing how to use the roads while causing minimal wear, were proclaimed in 1857.

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Where the flag went, another metaphor proclaimed, the cross was never far behind.

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Adjudicating misconduct on this model calls on rigid legal standards rather than the less explicit and loftier standards of trustworthiness proclaimed by the profession.

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Excertives (voting, appointing, proclaiming) are exercisings of power.

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The origin of the problem is found deep in the bowels of speculative philosophy and is evident in the nominal pseudo-faith that the church proclaims.

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Critics have long proclaimed that theistic faith is in terminal decay.

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Before that time, many papers openly proclaimed association with a particular political party.

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After the period of industrialization, collectivization, and cultural revolution, the new constitution of 1936 proclaimed that a stable socialist society had been built.

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They took political action and proclaimed a ' revolution ' which reflected the true character of their lumpen base.

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Not only was he proclaimed "first" in inventing a sound-recording device, but he was already known to the public through previous inventions.

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In fact, in all these agreements we can discern the existence of a specific person or persons who presented or proclaimed norms in some form.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

宣佈, 聲明, 表示…

Meaning of proclaim in English

proclaim verb [T] (ANNOUNCE)

proclaim verb [T] (SHOW)

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