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Adjective: declarative  di'kler-u-tiv [N. Amer], di'kla-ru-tiv [Brit]
  1. Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
    "The declarative statement clarified the company's position";
    - declaratory, asserting
     
  2. (grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood
    "declarative mood";
    - indicative
Noun: declarative  di'kler-u-tiv [N. Amer], di'kla-ru-tiv [Brit]
  1. 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

Type of: modality, mode, mood

Encyclopedia: Declarative