proclamation

proc·la·ma·tion
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US/ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/UK/ˌpɹɒkləˈmeɪʃən/

noun

A statement which is proclaimed; a formal public announcement.

“The Tuesday meetings are only thirty minutes now. That proclamation was made in the previous meeting.”

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

nounproclamation (countable and uncountable, plural proclamations)

plural proclamations

  1. countableuncountableA statement which is proclaimed; a formal public announcement.

    The Tuesday meetings are only thirty minutes now. That proclamation was made in the previous meeting.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna formal public statement

Broader

nounthe formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice

Broader
actdeedhuman action

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinprōclāmō
  2. Late Latinproclāmātiō
  3. Old Frenchproclamacion
  4. Middle Englishproclamacion
  5. Englishproclamation

From Middle English proclamacion, from Anglo-Norman and Old French proclamacion, from Late Latin proclāmātiō, from the verb Latin prōclāmō.

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Translations

Afrikaans proklamasie
  • proklamasiea statement which is proclaimed
Arabic مَنْسُور, مُنَادَاة
  • مَنْسُور (mansūr)a statement which is proclaimed
  • مُنَادَاة (munādāh)a statement which is proclaimed
Bengali এলান
  • এলান (elan)a statement which is proclaimed
Bulgarian послание, възвание
  • послание (poslanie)a statement which is proclaimed
  • възвание (văzvanie)a statement which is proclaimed
Catalan proclamació
  • proclamacióa statement which is proclaimed
Dutch proclamatie
  • proclamatiea statement which is proclaimed
Esperanto proklamo
  • proklamoa statement which is proclaimed
Finnish julistus
  • julistusa statement which is proclaimed
French proclamation
  • proclamationa statement which is proclaimed
German Proklamation
  • Proklamationa statement which is proclaimed
Hebrew הצהרה
  • הצהרה (hatz'hará)a statement which is proclaimed
Hungarian kiáltvány, nyilatkozat
  • kiáltványa statement which is proclaimed
  • nyilatkozata statement which is proclaimed
Indonesian proklamasi
  • proklamasia statement which is proclaimed
Irish fógra
  • fógraa statement which is proclaimed
Italian proclamazione
  • proclamazionea statement which is proclaimed
Latin fatum, effatum
  • fatuma statement which is proclaimed
  • effatuma statement which is proclaimed
Norwegian Bokmål proklamasjon
  • proklamasjona statement which is proclaimed
Polish proklamacja, odezwa
  • proklamacjaa statement which is proclaimed
  • odezwaa statement which is proclaimed
  • apela statement which is proclaimed
  • uniwersała statement which is proclaimed
Portuguese proclamação
  • proclamaçãoa statement which is proclaimed
Romanian proclamație
  • proclamațiea statement which is proclaimed
Russian провозглаше́ние, проклама́ция
  • провозглаше́ние (provozglašénije)a statement which is proclaimed
  • проклама́ция (proklamácija)a statement which is proclaimed
  • деклара́ция (deklarácija)a statement which is proclaimed
Scottish Gaelic gairm, glaodhadh
  • gairma statement which is proclaimed
  • glaodhadha statement which is proclaimed
Spanish proclamación
  • proclamacióna statement which is proclaimed
Turkish ilan, beyan
  • ilana statement which is proclaimed
  • beyana statement which is proclaimed
  • duyurua statement which is proclaimed
Ukrainian проголо́шення, універсал
  • проголо́шення (proholóšennja)a statement which is proclaimed
  • універсалa statement which is proclaimed

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

proclamation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proclamation

MLA

“proclamation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proclamation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proclamation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proclamation.

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