1. relating to or being a statement that can be evaluated as true or false
Usage: linguistics; philosophy of language

Examples

• The sentence ‘It is raining’ is a constative utterance that can be verified.
• Constative statements describe facts about the world.
• In speech act theory, constative utterances are distinguished from performative ones.
• The philosopher analyzed the constative nature of scientific propositions.
• Her constative remarks about the weather were factually accurate.
• Constative language aims to represent reality rather than change it.