declarative adj

1 relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration [syn: declaratory, asserting(a)] [ant: interrogative, interrogative]

2 relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements; "indicative mood" [syn: indicative] n : a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact [syn: indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, common mood, fact mood]

English

Adjective

1. (of a verb, sentence, or mood) expressing truth

Usage notes

In some linguistic models, "indicative" and "declarative" are synonyms. In others, the "declarative" mood and "interrogative" mood are distinct types of "indicative" moods.

Declarative may refer to:

• Declarative programming
• Declarative learning
• Declarative memory
• Declarative sentence

See also

• Declaration

absolute, affirmative, affirmatory, annunciatory, assertative, assertional, assertive, decided, declaratory, emphatic, enunciative, heraldic, positive, predicational, predicative, proclamatory, promulgatory, publicational