declarative
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See also: déclarative
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French déclaratif.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈklæɹətɪv/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪˈklɛɹətɪv/, [dɪˈklɛɹəɾɪv]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈklæɹətɪv/, [dɪˈklæɹəɾɪv]
Adjective[edit]
declarative (not comparable)
- Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
- Synonym: declaratory
- (grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
- 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:
- 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"...
- (programming) That declares a construct.
- (programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. w:Declarative programming
Usage notes[edit]
In some linguistic models, indicative and declarative are synonyms. In others, the declarative mood and interrogative mood are distinct types of indicative mood.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
serving to declare — see also declaratory
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Noun[edit]
declarative (plural declaratives)
- Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
- 1986 August 16, “I Love You, Sara K. (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 5, page 13:
- 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 […]