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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.
n.
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 |
Adj. | 1. | declarative - relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration 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" grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
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declarative
declaratoryadjective affirmative, positive, expressive, definite, explanatory, demonstrative, expository, enunciatory He spoke in short, declarative sentences.
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