nnoun.communicationa statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)Derivationally Related Form:declare
Hypernyms:statement
Inherited Hypernyms:declarationstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:assertionasseverationavermentbastardizationconfessiondictummanifestopostulationpredicationpronouncementpronunciamentoprotestationsay-sothreat
Full Hyponyms:accusationaffirmativeallegationassertionavowalbastardizationbill of particularscancellationcause of actionclaimcomminationconfessioncontentioncontradictioncounterchargedenialdibsdirectivedouble negativeipse dixitmanifestomenacenegationpostulationpresidential directivepretensionprofessionpronouncementprotestationreassertionself-contradictionsubmissiontestimonythreatyeayes
nnoun.communication(law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transactionTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Examples:- his declaration of innocence
Hypernyms:testimony
Inherited Hypernyms:declarationtestimonyevidenceinformationmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa statement of taxable goods or of dutiable propertiesDerivationally Related Form:declare
Hypernyms:statement
Inherited Hypernyms:declarationstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communication(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must makeTopic:contract
Synset:contract
Derivationally Related Form:declare
Part Holonyms:bridge
Hypernyms:bid bidding
Inherited Hypernyms:contractbidstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa formal public statementSynset:announcement annunciation proclamation
Examples:- the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
- a declaration of independence
Derivationally Related Form:declareproclaimannounce
Hypernyms:statement
Inherited Hypernyms:announcementstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:edictpromulgation
Full Hyponyms:edictpromulgation
nnoun.communicationa formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a voteSynset:resolution resolve
Derivationally Related Form:resolve
Hypernyms:document papers written document
Inherited Hypernyms:resolutiondocumentwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:joint resolution
Instance Hyponyms:Declaration of Independence
Full Hyponyms:joint resolution