declarative

/dษชหˆklรฆษนษ™tษชv/

IPA: /D IH0 K L EH1 R AH0 T IH0 V/

noun
  1. 1

    A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.

  2. 2

    A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.

  3. 3

    The act or process of declaring.

  4. 4

    The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.

  5. 5

    In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.

  6. 6

    The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

adjective
  1. 1

    (grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.

  2. 2

    That declares a construct.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/declaration, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/declarative