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Adjective: declarative  di'kla-ru-tiv
  1. Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
    - declaratory, asserting
     
  2. Relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
    "declarative mood"
    - indicative
Noun: declarative  di'kla-ru-tiv
  1. A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
    - indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, common mood, fact mood

Derived forms: declaratives

See also: declare

Type of: modality, mode, mood

Antonym: interrogative

Encyclopedia: Declarative

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