Meanings
present singular third person predeclares · participle present predeclaring · participle past predeclared · past predeclared
- transitiveTo declare or announce beforehand.
their indefeasible power of predeclaring the eternal destiny of every living layman
1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity - transitivecomputingTo 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.
Synonyms: forward-declare
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verbTo 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.
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predeclare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predeclare
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