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declarative Definition

de·clara·tive (dē klerə tiv, di-)

adjective

making a statement or assertion a declarative sentence

Etymology: LL declarativus: see declare

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declarative Usage Examples

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.