Adjective: declarative di'kler-u-tiv [N. Amer], di'kla-ru-tiv [Brit]
- Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
"The declarative statement clarified the company's position";
- declaratory, asserting
- (grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood
"declarative mood";
- indicative
- A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
"The sentence 'It is raining' is in the declarative mood";
- indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood
Derived forms: declaratives
Encyclopedia: Declarative