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declarative

Syllabification: (de·clar·a·tive)

Definition of declarative

adjective

  • 1of the nature of or making a declaration:declarative statements
  • Grammar (of a sentence or phrase) taking the form of a simple statement.
  • 2 Computing denoting high-level programming languages that can be used to solve problems without requiring the programmer to specify an exact procedure to be followed.

noun

  • a statement in the form of a declaration.
  • Grammar a declarative sentence or phrase.

Derivatives

declaratively

adverb

declarative in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of declarative in the British & World English dictionary
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