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Related Terms:
assertive
must
imperatively
three line whip
virtuecrat
at all costs
anankastic
hortative
emotivism
grammatical mood
nonimperative
prohibitive
semantics
imperatory
read someone's lips
jussive
scat
crucial
imperativeness
imperative mood
essential
verb
watch it
command
first imperative
important
scram
ten commandments
bear hand
directive
hark
mutable
forth
imperatival
imperatives
take it away
second imperative
whimperative
irrealis mood
enter
fix
Definitions:
Noun
imperative mood
imperative
jussive mood
imperative form
Definition: a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
imperative
Definition: some duty that is essential and urgent
Definition: The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
Adjective
imperative
Definition: requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
imperative
Definition: relating to verbs in the imperative mood
Definition: Essential; crucial; extremely important.