declarative
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ə adjective
serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
Origin:
1530–40; < Latin dēclārātīvus explanatory, equivalent to dēclārāt(us) (see declaration) + -īvus -ive
1530–40; < Latin dēclārātīvus explanatory, equivalent to dēclārāt(us) (see declaration) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
de·clar·a·tive·ly, adverb
non·de·clar·a·tive, adjective
non·de·clar·a·tive·ly, adverb
non·de·clar·a·to·ry, adjective
un·de·clar·a·tive, adjective
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declarative (dɪˈklærətɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| making or having the nature of a declaration | |
| de'claratively | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
declarative
1530s, from Fr. déclaratif, from L. declarativus, from pp. stem of declarare (see declare).
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Example sentences
Moral judgments have the form of ordinary declarative sentences and obey the usual laws of logic.
One, known variously as explicit or declarative memory, records the salient details of an individual's life.
One simple declarative sentence lopes after another.
And the other problem is the application of declarative sentences to describe what can't be known.
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