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declarative

Syllables: de·clar·a·tiveUK/dɪˈklæɹ.ə.tɪv/US/dɪˈklɛɹ.ə.tɪv/

declarative adjective: serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.

Adjective

declarative (not comparable)

  1. Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
    Synonyms:
    declaratory
  2. (sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
    • Palmer (1986:26–28) suggested that all languages have a clear way of indicating that the speaker is making a statement which (s)he believes to be true. Such statements are usually expressed by the declarative grammatical structure and the respective mood is called either "declarative" or...2016, Irina Nikolaeva, “Analyses of the semantics of mood”, in Jan Nuyts, Johan van der Auwera, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69
  3. That declares a construct.
  4. A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. Declarative programming

Noun

declarative (plural declaratives)

  1. Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
    • A love declarative for my Sara. I love you like a soft symphony; a melody written in heart and pulse. I love you like a rock; a moments' fusing in perfect quiet. I love you like […]1986 August 16, “I Love You, Sara K. (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 5, page 13
    Synonyms:
    declaration
  2. (Ithkuil linguistics) Illocution: a “performative” statement which. by its utterance/publication, creates a change of state (at least psychologically) for the addressees (i.e., a declaration, announcement, edict, etc.)

declarative meaning in Arabic

declarative in Arabic

in grammar
خَبَرِيّ ḵabariyy

Synonyms of declarative

Forms of declarative

pluraldeclaratives

Origin of declarative

Derived from Middle French déclaratif.

Words formed from declarative

Phrases with declarative

Questions about declarative

What does declarative mean?
Declarative means serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
What is declarative in Arabic?
Declarative in Arabic is خَبَرِيّ (ḵabariyy). See Declarative meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is declarative?
Declarative can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce declarative?
Declarative is pronounced /dɪˈklæɹ.ə.tɪv/ (UK).

Words near declarative in the dictionary

  1. declarations
  2. declarations of intent
  3. declarations of love
  4. declarations of war
  5. declarations of will
  6. declarative
  7. declarative memories
  8. declarative memory
  9. declarative programming
  10. declaratively
  11. declarativeness

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