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Deemed vs Declared - What's the difference?

deemed | declared |

As verbs the difference between deemed and declared

is that deemed is (deem) while declared is (declare).

deemed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (deem)

    • deem

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To judge; pass judgement on; sentence; doom.
  • (obsolete) To adjudge; decree.
  • (obsolete) To dispense (justice); administer (law).
  • (ambitransitive) To think, judge, or hold as an opinion; decide or believe on consideration; suppose.
  • * Emerson
    • And deemest thou as those who pore, / With aged eyes, short way before?
  • To hold in belief or estimation; adjudge as a conclusion; regard as being; evaluate according to one's beliefs; account.
    • She deemed his efforts insufficient.
  • To have or hold as a (personal) opinion; judge; think.

    • Synonyms

    * judge * consider; see also

    Derived terms

    * * * * * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opinion; judgement; surmise.

    • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    declared

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (declare)

    • declare

    English

    Verb

    (declar)
  • (obsolete) To make clear, explain, interpret.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
    • Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
  • * Boyle
    • To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies are exactly smooth.
  • To make a declaration.
  • To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
    • He declared him innocent.
  • (cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
  • To announce something formally or officially.
    • declare bankruptcy
    declare victory
    (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
  • To affirm or state something emphatically.
  • To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
  • * 1984 , Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, " Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time , 2 April:
    • The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
  • To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
  • (computing) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.
    • The counter "i" was declared as an integer.

    Derived terms

    * declarant * declaration * declarative * declaratory * declarer * declare war

    Anagrams

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