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declarative
01
resembling or relating to an announcement or fact
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Composition
Compound
relational
ungradable
Examples
In the press release, the government issued a declarative statement regarding its new policy initiative.
02
(of verb moods) expressing a statement or fact, rather than a question or command
Examples
The study found that declarative sentences are more prevalent in formal registers of speech.
Declarative
01
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
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Composition
Compound
Countable
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declaratives
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declarative
declare
