declarative

Modifies a noun

• sentence: Now the simple declarative sentence, " He ran home.
• syntax: They are represented within a file using a declarative, tag-based syntax.
• memory: The ability to form declarative memories is not going to arise simply from carrying out procedures.
• programming: I mean keep the concepts of declarative programming, just change the syntax.
• language: XSL should provide a declarative language to do all common formatting tasks.
• specification: The approach is based on a declarative specification of updates in rule bodies.

Modifying Another Word

• strictly: The language is strictly declarative, which is achieved by adopting a functional subset of Scheme.
• purely: One problem is to work out how to make best use of the purely declarative nature of functional languages.
• not: Performing a skill is governed by procedural and not declarative knowledge.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Thus the authoring paradigm has become declarative in nature, describing the data rather than the processes involved in document links.