declarative

[ dih-klar-uh-tiv ]

/ dɪˈklær ə tɪv /

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adjective

serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.

Nearby words

declamatory, declamping phenomenon, declarant, declaration, declaration of independence, declarative, declarative sentence, declarator, declaratory, declaratory judgment, declare

Also de·clar·a·to·ry

[dih-klar-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /dɪˈklær əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of declarative

1530–40; < Latin dēclārātīvus explanatory, equivalent to dēclārāt(us) (see declaration) + -īvus -ive

Related forms

de·clar·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·de·clar·a·tive, adjectivenon·de·clar·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·de·clar·a·to·ry, adjective

un·de·clar·a·tive, adjective

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Examples from the Web for declaratory

We have come here to give the slave States a declaratory exposition of our views.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
We are now asked to give a declaratory provision on that subject—to give it in order to quiet the slave States.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
Very soon men will begin to look closely to the act that was tacked to it—the declaratory act.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
Would is sometimes employed in a declaratory sense to express a present volition, and then belongs to the indicative.
Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr.

The original form of absolution was “precatory rather than declaratory” (Plummer).
Studies in the Epistle of James|A. T. Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for declaratory (1 of 2)

declaratory

/ (dɪˈklærətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

another word for declarative

law

(of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
(of a decree or judgment) stating the rights of the parties without specifying the action to be taken

Derived Forms

declaratorily, adverb

British Dictionary definitions for declaratory (2 of 2)

declarative

/ (dɪˈklærətɪv) /

adjective

making or having the nature of a declaration

Derived Forms

declaratively, adverb

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