declarative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- dĭ-klâr′ə-tĭv
- [dɪˈklæɹ.ə.ɾɪv] (Australia)
- /dɪˈklæɹ.ə.tɪv/ (UK)
- -klăr′-
- audio Wisconsin
- /dɪˈklɛɹ.ə.tɪv/ (Canada, US)
- /dɪˈklæɹ.ə.tɪv/ (Australia)
- [dɪˈklɛɹ.ə.ɾɪv] (Canada, US)
Etymology
Derived from Middle French déclaratif.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
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(not-comparable, of a verb, qualifier:sentence; or mood; sentence; or mood) Expressing truth.
Palmer (1986:26–28) suggested that all languages have a clear way of indicating that the speaker is making a statement which (s)he believes to be true. Such statements are usually expressed by the declarative grammatical structure and the respective mood is called either "declarative" or "indicative"...
2016, Irina Nikolaeva, “Analyses of the semantics of mood”, in Jan Nuyts, Johan van der Auwera, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69:
- (not-comparable) That declares a construct.
- (not-comparable) 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
Deriveds
declarative programming · declarative memory · declaratively · nondeclarative · declarativeness · declarativity
Synonyms
Translations (19)
it dichiarativo (in grammar) · ca declaratiu (in grammar) · hu kijelentő (in grammar) · fr déclaratif (serving to declare — see also declaratory) · de deklarativ (in programming) · ca declaratiu (serving to declare — see also declaratory) · ar خَبَرِيّ (in grammar) · pt declarativo (serving to declare — see also declaratory) · ru декларати́вный (serving to declare — see also declaratory) · be дэклараты́ўны (serving to declare — see also declaratory) · it dichiarativo (serving to declare — see also declaratory) · pl deklaratywny (serving to declare — see also declaratory) · fr déclaratif (in grammar) · bg разказвателен (in grammar) · fi deklaratiivinen (in programming) · de deklarativ (serving to declare — see also declaratory) · uk декларати́вний (serving to declare — see also declaratory) · fi deklaratiivinen (in grammar) · es declarativo (serving to declare — see also declaratory)