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Definition of imperative

some duty that is essential and urgent
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener''s behavior
requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
relating to verbs in the imperative mood

Similar Words: imperative mood, jussive mood

See Also: assertive

Pertainyms: imperative mood, jussive mood

Anagrams: permeative

Language Translations:
Dutch: gebiedende wijs		Finnish: imperatiivi
French: impératif		German: Imperativ
Hungarian: felszólító mód		Icelandic: boðháttur
Italian: imperativo		Latin: imperativus
Polish: imperatyw		Russian: повелительное наклонение
Slovene: velelnik		Spanish: imperativo
Swedish: imperativ

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