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proclaim
[ proh-kleym, pruh- ]
verb (used with object)
- to announce or declare in an official or formal manner:
to proclaim war.
Synonyms: advertise
- to announce or declare in an open or ostentatious way:
to proclaim one's opinions.
Synonyms: promulgate
- to indicate or make known publicly or openly.
- to extol or praise publicly:
Let them proclaim the Lord.
- to declare (a territory, district, etc.) subject to particular legal restrictions.
- to declare to be an outlaw, evildoer, or the like.
- to denounce or prohibit publicly.
verb (used without object)
- to make a proclamation.
proclaim
/ prəˈklæmətərɪ; -trɪ; ˌprɒkləˈmeɪʃən; prəˈkleɪm /
verb
- may take a clause as object to announce publicly
- may take a clause as object to show or indicate plainly
- to praise or extol
Derived Forms
- proclamation, noun
- proclamatory, adjective
- proˈclaimer, noun
Other Words From
- pro·claimer noun
- repro·claim verb (used with object)
- self-pro·claimed adjective
- self-pro·claiming adjective
- unpro·claimed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of proclaim1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Those concerns are particularly high in middle-class Altadena where residents have proclaimed that “Altadena is not for sale” through signs and rallies.
But never did anyone imagine that he would launch a full scale rhetorical assault on Canada itself, insult its people and proclaim that he wants to annex the country and make it America's 51st state.
Stuck with a limited vocabulary, his attention-based style of speaking reinforces his proclaimed stature and knowledge.
But to proclaim it literally endorsed the hate group?
As for Greenland, a self-governing territory of North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally Denmark, Trump proclaimed, “One way or the other, we’re going to get it.”
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