declarative
See also: déclarative
English
Etymology
From Middle French déclaratif
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɪˈklæɹətɪv/
Adjective
declarative (not comparable)
- (grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
- 2016, Irina Nikolaeva, “Analyses of the semantics of mood”, in Jan Nuyts and Johan van der Auwera, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69:
- Palmer (1986:26–28) suggested that all languages have a clear way of indicating that the speaker is making a statement which (s)he believes to be true. Such statements are usually expressed by the declarative grammatical structure and the respective mood is called either "declarative" or "indicative"...
- (programming) That declares a construct.
Usage notes
In some linguistic models, indicative and declarative are synonyms. In others, the declarative mood and interrogative mood are distinct types of indicative mood.
Translations
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Noun
declarative (plural declaratives)
- Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)