🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

선언하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seon-eonhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Proclaim/prəˈkleɪm/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"시장님은 애도일을 선언했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To announce officially or publicly.

    "The mayor will proclaim a day of remembrance for the victims."
  2. 2

    To declare something emphatically or publicly.

    "She proclaimed her love for the city during the speech."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'proclaim' originates from the Latin 'proclamare', which means 'to cry out publicly'. It evolved through Old French before entering Middle English, reflecting a historical shift from a general sense of announcing to a more formal declaration.

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