verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To declare or announce beforehand. transitive

   "their indefeasible power of predeclaring the eternal destiny of every living layman"

2. 2
   To declare some source code element (such as a class) in advance of its full description, so that other preceding parts of the code can refer to it. transitive

Synonyms

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forward declareforward-declare

Example

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"their indefeasible power of predeclaring the eternal destiny of every living layman"

Etymology

From pre- + declare.

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