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declarative

How to use declarative in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for declarative.

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So, over the years I've played with many things that claim to be "declarative", and here's why I now shy away from them like the plague.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of declarative gathered in one view.

noun

a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

adjective

relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration

adjective

relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements; "indicative mood"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for declarative.

noun

a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

See also: indicative

adjective

relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration

See also: declaratory

adjective

relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements; "indicative mood"

See also: indicative

Example sentences

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So, over the years I've played with many things that claim to be "declarative", and here's why I now shy away from them like the plague.

2

In my experience, Haskell code tends to be more concise and declarative than Go or Python, making it easier to read.

3

Trying to create a declarative language is a way of making it extraordinarily opaque as to what the machine is actually going to do.

4

This property of declarative languages in general and pure functional programming in particular means that the program can be assumed to do exactly what it says on the tin and no more.

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But I didn't have to re-learn old concepts and the changes were incremental instead of revolutionary; and the whole shift from declarative programming to functional languages is not new as you've learned Haskell/Lisp in undergrad anyways.

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The essence of this change is the emergence of what might best be called procedural epistemology the study of the structure of knowledge from an imperative point of view, as opposed to the more declarative point of view taken by classical mathematical subjects.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use declarative in a sentence?

So, over the years I've played with many things that claim to be "declarative", and here's why I now shy away from them like the plague.

What does declarative mean?

a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

What part of speech is declarative?

declarative is commonly used as noun, adjective.