declarative — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   declaratory

2. Expressing truth.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a verb

   Examples

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   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 "indicative"...

3. That declares a construct.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

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

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Noun

1. Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)

   Examples

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   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 […]

2. 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.)

Adjective

1. relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration

   Synonyms

   declaratoryasserting

   Antonyms

   interrogative

2. relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements

   Synonyms

   indicative

   Examples

   indicative mood

Noun

1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

   Synonyms

   indicative moodindicativedeclarative moodcommon moodfact mood

   Broader terms

   moodmodemodality