PROCLAIM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proclaim mean? 

• PROCLAIM (verb)
  The verb PROCLAIM has 4 senses:

1. declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles

2. state or announce

3. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

4. praise, glorify, or honor

  Familiarity information: PROCLAIM used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCLAIM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they proclaim    ... he / she / it proclaims   
Past simple: proclaimed   
Past participle: proclaimed   
-ing form: proclaiming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

He was proclaimed King

Hypernyms (to "proclaim" is one way to...):

entitle; title (give a title to)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

proclamation (the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice)

proclamation (a formal public statement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

State or announce

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

exclaim; proclaim; promulgate

Context example:

The King will proclaim an amnesty

Hypernyms (to "proclaim" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "proclaim"):

declare (proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against)

trumpet (proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet)

clarion (proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They proclaim that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

proclamation (the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

predicate; proclaim

Context example:

The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President

Hypernyms (to "proclaim" is one way to...):

assert; asseverate; maintain (state categorically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 4

Meaning:

Praise, glorify, or honor

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

exalt; extol; glorify; laud; proclaim

Context example:

glorify one's spouse's cooking

Hypernyms (to "proclaim" is one way to...):

praise (express approval of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "proclaim"):

canonise; canonize (treat as a sacred person)

ensky (exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise)

crack up (rhapsodize about)

hymn (praise by singing a hymn)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Sophy was very much confused by my being told all this, and said that when “Tom” was made a judge he wouldn't be so ready to proclaim it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And in open court-room, before all men, Jim Hall had proclaimed that the day would come when he would wreak vengeance on the Judge that sentenced him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Men felt these muscles and proclaimed them hard as iron, and the odds went down to two to one.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"Because of the lying and very miserable white people," Zilla proclaimed shrilly.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Happy the voice that proclaimed the discovery!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She thrilled with these proofs of her power that proclaimed her a woman, and she took an Eve-like delight in tormenting him and playing upon him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A glance or two between him and his wife, convinced him that all was as right as this speech proclaimed; and its happy effect on his spirits was immediate.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The king said to his daughter: “I will proclaim a great feast that shall last for three days, and you shall throw a golden apple. Perhaps the unknown man will show himself.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I will proclaim, I will prove your innocence.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)