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adj
Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: declaratory
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Expressing truth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: sentence; or mood; sentence; or mood
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
That declares a construct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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adj
A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. Declarative programming
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: declaration
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Illocution: a “performative” statement which. by its utterance/publication, creates a change of state (at least psychologically) for the addressees (i.e., a declaration, announcement, edict, etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Ithkuil linguistics
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adjective
relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: declaratory, asserting(a)
Antonyms: interrogative
adjective
relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: indicative
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, common mood, fact mood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mood, mode, modality
History
Derived from Middle French déclaratif.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
