Definition of declarative
: making a declaration : declaratory a declarative sentence
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Examples of declarative in a Sentence
“They went to school” is a declarative sentence.
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His clean prose style is occasionally marred by the journalistic tic of following up a declarative sentence with a supporting quote that says exactly the same thing.
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First Known Use of declarative
1628
Other Grammar and Linguistics Terms
DECLARATIVE Defined for English Language Learners
declarative
playDefinition of declarative for English Language Learners
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grammar : having the form of a statement rather than a question or a command
DECLARATIVE Defined for Kids
declarative
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: making a statement a declarative sentence
Medical Dictionary
declarative
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: being or comprising memory characterized by the conscious recall of facts and events—compare procedural
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