'Declarative' definitions:
Definition of 'declarative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration [syn: declarative, declaratory, asserting(a)] [ant: interrogative, interrogatory]
adjective
Relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements; "indicative mood" [syn: indicative, declarative]
noun
A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact [syn: indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood]
Definition of 'Declarative'
From: GCIDE
- Declarative \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. [1913 Webster]
- The "vox populi," so declarative on the same side. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'declarative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- affirmative,
- affirmatory,
- annunciatory,
- assertative,
- assertional,
- assertive,
- decided,
- declaratory,
- emphatic,
- enunciative,
- heraldic,
- positive,
- predicational,
- predicative,
- proclamatory,
- promulgatory,
- publicational
Words containing 'Declarative'
- Declarable,
- Declarant,
- Declaration,
- Declaratively,
- Declarator,
- Declare,
- Declared,
- Declaredly,
- Declarement,
- Declarer,
- Declaring,
- To declare off,
- Declaration of Independence,
- Declaration of rights,
- Declaration of trust,
- declarative mood,
- declarative sentence,
- declare oneself,
- To declare one's self,
- declaration of estimated tax