declarative

Meanings

Plural: declaratives

Noun

• a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
• Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
• 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.)

Adjective

• relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
• relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements

Adj

• Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
• Expressing truth.
• That declares a construct.
• 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

Synonyms

asserting, common mood, declaration, declarative mood, declaratory, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood

Antonyms

interrogative, interrogatory

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