Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, SciencesOf a verb Expressing truth.
Sentence; or mood; sentence; or mood
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:
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences 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
A love declarative for my Sara. I love you like a soft symphony; a melody written in heart and pulse. I love you like a rock; a moments' fusing in perfect quiet. I love you like […]1986 August 16, “I Love You, Sara K. (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 5, page 13:
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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.)