declarative
adjective
de·clar·a·tive
di-ˈkler-ə-tiv 
: making a declaration : declaratory
a declarative sentence
declaratively
adverb
Examples of declarative in a Sentence
“They went to school” is a declarative sentence.
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There is a stillness to the painting, a declarative, dreamy flatness, as if the women are being remembered rather than observed.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
If the Lubavitcher community had been struck by something on the scale of the Judeans’ loss of the Temple and their enslavement, what are now marginal, hallucinatory visions of the rebbe would almost certainly take on a more declarative, redemptive form.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The technology’s declarative framework features a declarative API and controller for building and running agents via a user interface, from the programmer’s command line interface and via declarative configuration.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
If the Lubavitcher community had been struck by something on the scale of the Judeans’ loss of the Temple and their enslavement, what are now marginal, hallucinatory visions of the rebbe would almost certainly take on a more declarative, redemptive form.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The technology’s declarative framework features a declarative API and controller for building and running agents via a user interface, from the programmer’s command line interface and via declarative configuration.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Declarative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declarative. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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declarative
adjective
de·clar·a·tive
di-ˈklar-ət-iv
-ˈkler-
: making a declaration or statement
declarative sentence
Medical Definition
declarative
adjective
de·clar·a·tive
di-ˈklar-ət-iv, -ˈkler-
: being or comprising memory characterized by the conscious recall of facts and events compare procedural
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