imperative

Plural: imperatives

Noun

• a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
• some duty that is essential and urgent
• 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.
• A verb in the imperative mood.
• An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

Adjective

• 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

Adj

• Essential; crucial; extremely important.
• Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
• Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
• Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.

Examples

• imperative orders
• That you come here right now is imperative.
• The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.
• Visiting Berlin is an imperative.

Synonyms

imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood, required

Antonyms

beseeching, functional

Related Words

jussive, volitive

Anagrams of imperative