Definition of "declarative" [de•clar•a•tive]

• Serving to declare or state. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or being an element or construction used to make a statement: a declarative sentence. (adjective)
• A sentence or expression that makes a statement. (noun)

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• "Google and Wikipedia together can be seen as forming a nascent forebrain, hippocampus, and long-term declarative memory store."
• "Even if you write in short, declarative, Hemingwayesque sentences, its your word choice that may determine your comparison."
• "Simak strives for poignancy in this moment, but fails because his writing style does not allow for poignancy—poignant is not often found in short declarative sentences."