English Dictionary
Definition of “proclaim”
proclaim (prəˈkleɪm
)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- (may take a clause as object) to announce publicly
- (may take a clause as object) to show or indicate plainly
- to praise or extol
Alternative Forms
proˈclaimer noun proclamation (ˌprɒkləˈmeɪʃən) noun proclamatory (prəˈklæmətərɪ;-trɪ) adjective Word Origin
C14: from Latin prōclāmāre to shout aloud
Synonyms
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announce,
declare,
advertise,
show,
publish,
indicate,
blaze (abroad)
herald,
circulate,
trumpet,
affirm,
give out,
profess,
promulgate,
make known
enunciate,
blazon (abroad) shout from the housetops
Usage examples
She was dramatically plain and belligerently unpressed, as if to proclaim her lack of style a style worth fighting for.
Delman, David, Death of a Nymph (1986)First, Muthiah faced the cameras to proclaim his players ' innocence, insisting the game was clean in India.
India Today (2000)Sources in Cairo said Egypt would sweep away the last vestiges of monarchy and proclaim a republic" on the American model.
Globe and Mail (2003)They, it seems, had collectively decided that it was time to find a channel through which to proclaim their innocence.
Independent (1998)The granites of Devon and Cornwall are, as the tourist brochures relentlessly proclaim , `steeped in history '.
Richard Fortey, THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
