English > promulgate: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | state or announce. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Synonyms | proclaim, exclaim |
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| Narrower | clarion | proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion |
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| declare | proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against |
| trumpet | proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
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| Spanish | exclamar, proclamar |
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| Catalan | exclamar, proclamar |
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| Nouns | promulgation | the formal act of proclaiming |
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| promulgation | a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen |
| promulgation | the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect |