noun
- Plural of declarative; sentences or utterances that make a statement or assertion, typically ending with a period.
Usage: linguistics; grammar
adjective
- Of, relating to, or being a sentence or clause that makes a statement rather than asking a question or giving a command.
Usage: grammar
Examples
- In grammar class, we learned to distinguish between declaratives and questions.
- Most of the sentences in the paragraph are declaratives that express facts.
- The teacher asked students to convert imperatives into declaratives.
- Declaratives typically have the subject before the verb in English.
- She wrote several declaratives to support her argument in the essay.
- Unlike interrogatives, declaratives do not require a question mark.
- The speech consisted mainly of declaratives that outlined the company's goals.