declarative
pronunciation
How to pronounce declarative in British English:
UK [dɪˈklærətɪv]
How to pronounce declarative in American English:
US [dɪˈklɛrətɪv, -ˈklær-]
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- Noun:
- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
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- Adjective:
- relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
- relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements
Word Origin
- declarative (adj.)
- mid-15c., from French déclaratif and directly from Late Latin declarativus, from past participle stem of Latin declarare (see declare).
Synonym
Example
- 1. To be applied to code using declarative security .
- 2. Please change the declarative sentence into an interrogative one .
- 3. Statement and handles clause provide a declarative way of specifying event handlers .
- 4. Full declarative syntax allows for an easy learning curve .
- 5. Scholars differ in their approach to classifying knowledge , with declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge being the most widely discussed types .