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de·clar·a·tive

(dĭ-klâr′ə-tĭv, -klăr′-)

adj.

1. Serving to declare or state.

2. Of, relating to, or being an element or construction used to make a statement: a declarative sentence.

A sentence or expression that makes a statement.

de·clar′a·tive·ly adv.

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declarative

(dɪˈklærətɪv)

adj

(Rhetoric) making or having the nature of a declaration

deˈclaratively adv

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de•clar•a•tive

(dɪˈklær ə tɪv)

adj.

1. Also, de•clar•a•to•ry (dɪˈklær əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) serving to declare, state, or explain.

2. pertaining to or having the form of a sentence used in making a statement.

[1530–40; < Latin]

de•clar′a•tive•ly, adv.

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Noun	1.	declarative - a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact common mood, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood modality, mood, mode - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Adj.	1.	declarative - relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration asserting, declaratory interrogatory, interrogative - relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
	2.	declarative - relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements; "indicative mood" indicative grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

declarative

declaratory

adjective affirmative, positive, expressive, definite, explanatory, demonstrative, expository, enunciatory He spoke in short, declarative sentences.

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