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declarative

[dih-klar-uh-tiv]

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adjective

serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.

Also, de·clar·a·to·ry

[dih-klar-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] .

Origin:
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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Example Sentences

Mamet's play provides only an inconsequential anecdote and declarative sentences of one-syllable words.

Such a bold declarative statement has the power of persuasion.

One, known variously as explicit or declarative memory, records the salient details of an individual's life.

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Mamet's play provides only an inconsequential anecdote and declarative sentences of one-syllable words.

Such a bold declarative statement has the power of persuasion.

One, known variously as explicit or declarative memory, records the salient details of an individual's life.

Declarative sentences should accompany their drawings that accurately describe the adaptations.

It turns a strong declarative statement into a question, conveying weakness, uncertainty and a request for approval.

They can handle a simple declarative sentence consisting of short, common words.

The more certain and declarative the tone, the more foolish the writer, regardless of whether they happen to be right.

Other scientists have written extensively about separate memory systems, short term versus long term, declarative versus implicit.

And the other problem is the application of declarative sentences to describe what can't be known.

She is a big fan of declarative sentences and of building up from consensus.

He talks in simple, declarative sentences that are heavy on monosyllables.

Moral judgments have the form of ordinary declarative sentences and obey the usual laws of logic.

Although the sculptures seem to have a declarative simplicity, they are always moving in several directions at once.

He wrote his own copy in simple, declarative sentences.

He wrote a first simple declarative sentence again and it was impossible for him to put down the next sentence on paper.

Ellroy uses much the same technique, attacking the reader with short, blunt declarative sentences.

Replay appears to be the brain's primary method of consolidating declarative memory, she notes:.

Both make their impact through colors that are declarative without being splashy or untoward.

When you have a strong answer, try to phrase that answer in the form of a declarative sentence.

Theists make a declarative statement about what is true and end discussion.

Use of tag sentences after a declarative statement.

One simple declarative sentence lopes after another.

First, the ability to write a simple declarative sentence.

Adubato said, in a tone that was more declarative than inquisitive.

None of us should make declarative statements that diminish the importance of their voices and their votes.

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World English Dictionary

declarative (dɪˈklærətɪv)

—*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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