proclaim (redirected from proclamatory)

pro·claim  (pr-klm, pr-)

tr.v. pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims

1. To announce officially and publicly; declare. See Synonyms at announce.

2. To indicate conspicuously; make plain: wearing a button that proclaimed my choice for president.

3. To praise; extol.

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[Middle English proclamen, proclaimen (influenced by claimen, to claim), from Old French proclamer, from Latin prclmre : pr-, forward; see pro-¹ + clmre, to cry out; see kel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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pro·claimer n.

pro·clama·tory (pr-klm-tôr, -tr) adj.

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proclaim [prəˈkleɪm]

vb (tr)

1. (may take a clause as object) to announce publicly; declare

2. (may take a clause as object) to show or indicate plainly

3. to praise or extol

[from Latin prōclāmāre to shout aloud]

proclaimer  n

proclamation  [ˌprɒkləˈmeɪʃən] n

proclamatory  [prəˈklæmətərɪ -trɪ] adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	proclaim - declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King" title, entitle - give a title to
	2.	proclaim - state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty" promulgate, exclaim declare - proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast" trumpet - proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty" clarion - proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
	3.	proclaim - affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" predicate assert, asseverate, maintain - state categorically
	4.	proclaim - praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" exalt, extol, glorify, laud praise - express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" canonise, canonize - treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women" ensky - exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise crack up - rhapsodize about hymn - praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God"

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proclaim

verb

1. 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 (informal) He continues to proclaim his innocence.
announce conceal, suppress, withhold, keep secret, keep back, hush up

2. pronounce, announce, declare He launched a coup and proclaimed himself president.

Translations

proclaim [prəˈkleɪm] VT

1. (= announce) [+ independence] → proclamar, declarar
to proclaim sb king → proclamar a algn rey
to proclaim one's innocence → declararse inocente
to proclaim one's loyalty to sb → declararse leal a algn
to proclaim one's support for sb → declarar que se apoya a algn

2. (= reveal) → revelar, anunciar
their faces proclaimed their guilt → su culpabilidad se revelaba en las caras

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proclaim [prəˈkleɪm] vt

[+ independence, republic] → proclamer

(= say) → proclamer
to proclaim that ... → proclamer que ...
to proclaim o.s. sth → se proclamer qch

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proclaim

vt

(= announce) → erklären; revolution → ausrufen; to proclaim somebody king → jdn zum König erklären or ausrufen or proklamieren; the day had been proclaimed a holiday → der Tag war zum Feiertag erklärt worden; it was proclaimed a success → es wurde zu einem Erfolg erklärt

(= reveal) → verraten, beweisen

vr to proclaim oneself king → sich zum König erklären

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proclaim [prəˈkleɪm] vt

a. (gen) → proclamare, dichiarare; (peace, public holiday) → dichiarare
to proclaim sb king/that → proclamare qn re/che

b. (fig) (reveal) → dimostrare, rivelare

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proclaim [prəˈkleɪm] vt

a. (gen) → proclamare, dichiarare; (peace, public holiday) → dichiarare
to proclaim sb king/that → proclamare qn re/che

b. (fig) (reveal) → dimostrare, rivelare

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proclaim

v proclaim [prəˈkleim, (American ) prou-]

to announce or state publicly He was proclaimed the winner. aankondig يُعْلِن، يُشْهِر обявявам prohlásit udråbe; proklamere verkünden διακηρύσσω, ανακηρύσσω proclamar kuulutama اعلام کردن julistaa proclamer לְהָכרִיז घोषित करना kihirdet menyatakan lÿsa yfir, tilkynna proclamare 宣言する 선언하다 paskelbti proklamēt; pasludināt mengisytiharkan uitroepen utrope, erklære, proklamere ogłosić declarar a proclama провозглашать vyhlásiť razglasiti javno objaviti proklamera, tillkännage, kungöra, utropa ประกาศ bildirmek, ilân etmek 宣佈 проголошувати; прокламувати اعلان کرنا công bố 宣布

n proclaˈmation [proklə-]

1 an official, usually ceremonial, announcement made to the public a royal proclamation. aankondiging إعْلان، تَصْريح رَسْمي прокламация prohlášení bekendtgørelse; proklamation die Proklamation προκήρυξη proclamación teadaanne اعلامیه julistus proclamation הַכרָזָה घोषणा, उद्घोषणा kiáltvány pernyataan opinber yfirlÿsing proclama 布告 선언 kreipimasis, proklamacija proklamēšana; uzsaukums pengisytiharan proclamatie kunngjøring, proklamasjon odezwa proclamação pro­cla­mare официальное объявление vyhlásenie razglasitev javna objava kungörande แถลง ilân, resmî bildiri 公告 офіційне оголошення, декларація اعلان، فرمان lời tuyên bố 公告

2 the act of proclaiming. aankondig إعْلان оповестяване prohlášení udråbelse; bekendtgørelse; proklamation die Verkündung διακήρυξη proclamación väljakuulutamine اعلام julistaminen proclamation כָּרוֹז एलान मुनादी, घोषणापत्र proklamáció proklamasi yfirlÿsing proclamazione 宣言 공표 paskelbimas proklamēšana; pasludināšana pengisytiharan het proclameren kunngjøring, proklamering obwieszczenie proclamação proclamare провозглашение vyhlásenie razglasitev objava kungörande การประกาศ açıklama, ilân etme 宣佈 проголошення منادي sự tuyên bố 宣布