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[ dih-klar-uh-tiv ] / dɪˈklær ə tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR declarative ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveserving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement. Also de·clar·a·to·ry [dih-klar-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]. /dɪˈklær əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/. Origin of declarative1530–40; <Latin dēclārātīvus explanatory, equivalent to dēclārāt(us) (see declaration) + -īvus-ive OTHER WORDS FROM declarativede·clar·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·de·clar·a·tive, adjectivenon·de·clar·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·de·clar·a·to·ry, adjective un·de·clar·a·tive, adjective Words nearby declarativedeclamatory, declamping phenomenon, declarant, declaration, Declaration of Independence, declarative, declarative sentence, declarator, declaratory, declaratory judgment, declare Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for declarativeJust the subliminal nature of being on stage and making a declarative statement rather than a passive one. 'Daily Show' Creator Lizz Winstead Is the Queen of Calling Bullshit|Caitlin Dickson|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST The danger is that with Miral, the declarative seems to have taken over. Julian Schnabel Gets Political|Blake Gopnik|March 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST The sentences are deliberately stricken, numb, and declarative. The Hipster Thief|Nick Antosca|September 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST A declarative sentence declares or asserts something as a fact. An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises|George Lyman Kittredge
Orality can be assertive (declarative), interrogative, and imperative (a great deal more so than writing). The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin There are three moods, the indicative or declarative, the imperative or commanding, and the infinitive or unlimited. Lectures on Language|William S. Balch We have passed a resolution, which is now on your files, declarative of the sense of this House as to their constitutional rights. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton The topic must be given some definite expression in a declarative sentence before any real argument is possible. Public Speaking|Clarence Stratton
British Dictionary definitions for declarative
adjectivemaking or having the nature of a declaration Derived forms of declarativedeclaratively, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to declarativeanalytical, informative, supplementary, interpretive, allegorical, critical, demonstrative, discursive, elucidative, enlightening, exegetic, explanative, explicative, expositive, graphic, annotative, diagrammatic, exegetical, expositional, guiding |