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1. (adj.) imperative
absolutely necessary or required:
It is imperative that we leave.
2. imperative
of the nature of or expressing a command.
3. imperative
of or designating a grammatical mood used in commands, exhortations, etc., as in Listen! Go!
4. (n.) imperative
a command; order.
5. imperative
an unavoidable obligation or requirement:
the imperatives of leadership.
6. imperative
the imperative mood.
7. imperative
a verb in this mood.
8. imperative
an obligatory statement, principle, or the like.
Etymology: (1520–30; < LL imperātivus < L imperātus, ptp. of imperāre to impose, command; see emperor)
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| Definition of 'imperative' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood, imperative form
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
2. (adj) imperative
some duty that is essential and urgent
3. (adj) imperative
requiring attention or action
"as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
4. (adj) imperative
relating to verbs in the imperative mood
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1. (adjective) imperative
extremely important or necessary
It is imperative that a peaceful solution is found.
2. imperative
relating to the imperative
an imperative sentence
3. (noun) imperative
the imperative
the form of a verb that indicates an order is being given
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| Definition of 'imperative' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) imperative
expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders
2. (adj) imperative
not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order
3. (adj) imperative
expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood
4. (noun) imperative
the imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood
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Sense: used of verbs that are expressing a command
In the sentence `Come here!', `come' is an imperative (verb).
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 Afrikaans: bevel, imperatief |
 Arabic: صيغَة الأمْر |
 Bulgarian: повелителен |
 Brazilian: imperativo |
 Czech: rozkazovací způsob |
 German: der Imperativ |
 Danish: bydemåde |
 Greek: προστακτικός (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: imperativo |
 Estonian: imperatiiv, käsk- |
 Farsi: امری |
 Finnish: imperatiivi |
 French: impératif |
 Hebrew: צִיווּי |
 Hindi: आदेश सूचक |
 Croatian: imperative |
 Hungarian: felszólító (módú) |
 Indonesian: imperatif |
 Icelandic: boðháttur |
 Italian: imperativo |
 Japanese: 命令形 (の) |
 Korean: 명령법의 |
 Lithuanian: liepiamoji nuosaka |
 Latvian: pavēles- |
 Malay: kata perintah |
 Dutch: gebiedende wijs |
 Polish: (tryb) rozkazujący |
 Persian: امری |
 Pashto: امرانه، حاكمانه: سخت ضرور |
 Portuguese: imperativo |
 Romanian: imperativ |
 Russian: повелительный (глагол) |
 Slovak: rozkazovací spôsob |
 Serbian: imperativ |
 Swedish: imperativ; imperativisk |
 Thai: ที่เป็นคำสั่ง |
 Turkish: emir kipi |
 Taiwanese: 命令語氣 |
 Ukrainian: наказовий |
 Urdu: صیغئہ امر میں ادھر آؤ |
 Vietnamese: có tính chất mệnh lệnh |
 Chinese: 祈使的 |
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