DECLARATIVE SENTENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does declarative sentence mean? 

• DECLARATIVE SENTENCE (noun)
  The noun DECLARATIVE SENTENCE has 1 sense:

1. a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration

  Familiarity information: DECLARATIVE SENTENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECLARATIVE SENTENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

declarative sentence; declaratory sentence

Hypernyms ("declarative sentence" is a kind of...):

sentence (a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language)