proclaimed

«proclaimed» in Mova's school dictionary: Announced something officially and publicly: "The king… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of proclaim: proclaim, proclaims, proclaimed, proclaiming); adjective (self-proclaimed)

meaning for a pupil

1) Announced something officially and publicly: "The king proclaimed a holiday." tree →

2) Said something loudly and proudly, as if to everyone: "'I won!' she proclaimed." tree →

3) (Bible, church) Spoke God's message to people: "Jesus proclaimed the good news." tree →

4) Something that was proclaimed can also be shown clearly so that everyone can see it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons kings, queens and governments proclaimed laws, wars and new rulers. In stories "proclaimed" is a strong speaking verb instead of "said", showing the speaker is proud, loud or official. "Self-proclaimed" means someone calls themselves something without proof: "a self-proclaimed expert". In church readings preachers and prophets proclaim God's word.

examples

• The king proclaimed a day of celebration. tree →
• "I am the best footballer in the class!" Tom proclaimed. tree →
• Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India. tree →
• The headteacher proclaimed Friday a non-uniform day. tree →
• Jesus proclaimed the good news in Galilee, the Bible says. tree →
• He is a self-proclaimed chess genius, but he lost to me. tree →
• Posters proclaimed the opening of the new library. tree →
• What the botanist tells us after a number of imperfect lectures, the flower proclaimed in a minute. tree →

note

Base verb: proclaim; noun: proclamation (note the spelling change: proclaim → proclamation). Regular past -ed. Stronger and more official than "said" or "announced".

In the corpora

• And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
• They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
• And Jehu said: 'Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.' And they proclaimed it.
• And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto the LORD; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «proclaimed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.