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declarative
01
resembling or relating to an announcement or fact
Example
In the press release, the government issued a declarative statement regarding its new policy initiative.
The CEO 's declarative announcement left no doubt about the company's commitment to sustainability.
The judge settled the matter definitively with a declarative ruling, leaving no room for ambiguity or further dispute.
02
(of verb moods) expressing a statement or fact, rather than a question or command
Example
The study found that declarative sentences are more prevalent in formal registers of speech.
The linguistics professor explained the concept of declarative mood to the students.
The linguistics textbook provides a comprehensive overview of declarative structures across different languages.
Declarative
01
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
