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- Dictionarydeclaim/dɪˈkleɪm/
verb
- 1. utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience: "she declaimed her views" Similar
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DECLAIM definition: 1. to express something with strong feeling, especially in a loud voice or with forceful language…. Learn more.
The meaning of DECLAIM is to speak rhetorically; specifically : to recite something as an exercise in elocution. How to use declaim in a sentence. When Should You Use declaim?
Use the verb declaim when someone is speaking very passionately against something, like when you declaim against having to be home by 8 p.m. Declaim can also describe reciting words aloud for practice.
DECLAIM meaning: 1. to express something with strong feeling, especially in a loud voice or with forceful language…. Learn more.
Declaim definition: to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech. See examples of DECLAIM used in a sentence.
to make (a speech, statement, etc) loudly and in a rhetorical manner. 2. to speak lines from (a play, poem, etc) with studied eloquence; recite. 3. (intransitive; foll by against) to protest (against) loudly and publicly. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms.
1. (Rhetoric) to make (a speech, statement, etc) loudly and in a rhetorical manner. 2. (Rhetoric) to speak lines from (a play, poem, etc) with studied eloquence; recite. 3. (foll by: against) to protest (against) loudly and publicly. [C14: from Latin dēclāmāre, from clāmāre to call out] deˈclaimer, deˈclaimant n.
Definition of declaim verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Declaim definition: To deliver a formal recitation, especially as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.
declaim meaning, definition, what is declaim: to speak loudly, sometimes with actions,...: Learn more.
