Meaning of DECLARATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | di'klarutiv
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- [n] a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
- [adj] relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
- [adj] (grammar) relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements; "indicative mood"
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| | Synonyms: | | asserting(a), common mood, declarative mood, declaratory, fact mood, indicative, indicative, indicative mood |
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| | Antonyms: | | asking(a), interrogative, interrogatory | | |
| | See Also: | | modality, mode, mood | |
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| | Definition: | | \De*clar"a*tive\, a. [L. declarativus, fr.
declarare: cf. F. d['e]claratif.]
Making declaration, proclamation, or publication;
explanatory; assertive; declaratory. ``Declarative laws.''
--Baker.
The ``vox populi,'' so declarative on the same side.
--Swift.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute, affirmative, affirmatory, annunciatory, assertative, assertional, assertive, decided, declaratory, emphatic, enunciative, heraldic, positive, predicational, predicative, proclamatory, promulgatory, publicational |
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