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declarative

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[dih-klar-uh-tiv]

adjective

  1. serving to declare, make known, or explain.

    a declarative statement.



declarative

/ ɪˈæəɪ /

adjective

  1. making or having the nature of a declaration

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Other Word Forms

  • declaratively adverb
  • nondeclarative adjective
  • nondeclaratively adverb
  • nondeclaratory adjective
  • undeclarative adjective
  • ˈپ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of declarative1

1530–40; < Latin ŧīܲ explanatory, equivalent to ŧ ( us ) ( declaration ) + -īܲ -ive
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Example Sentences

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This lack of preexisting health guidelines has made it hard for public health officials to describe the situation at the coast in simple, declarative terms.

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He further argued that concept cells were fundamental components, or building blocks, of declarative memory.

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That isn’t to say Burns’ safely declarative dialogue and what-if storytelling won’t spur you to think of your own relationship and matters of fulfillment.

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“I was as much interested in why these movies are the way they are as I was in saying anything declarative about whether they’re good or bad or they’re killing cinema,” Brown says.

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Every awkwardly declarative, stagy scene in “Bonhoeffer” is just a right-against-wrong equation to be answered by the title character’s virtue.

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When To Use

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Declarative describes something that makes information known, offers an explicit explanation, or describes something that makes an official statement, as in The prime minister gave a declarative speech on her opposition to the war.If someone is giving a declarative statement, then they are clearly and firmly stating something, as in The mayor’s declarative report detailed her plans to decrease pollution.In English grammar, a declarative sentence is used to state facts, opinions, or other information, as this sentence does.Another word for declarative is declaratory, which is often used in law and legal documentation.Example: When Ming started skipping practices, the coach saw it as a declarative statement that Ming was done with the team.

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