imperative as a noun: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
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imperative
noun
1 imperative
A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior.
synonyms: imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood.
Dutch: gebiedende wijs
Polish: imperatiwus, tryb rozkazujący, rozkaźnik, imperativus
2 imperative
Some duty that is essential and urgent.
Polish: imperatyw
adjective
1 imperative
Requiring attention or action.
Roget 630:
required
etc.
v.;
requisite,
needful,
necessary,
imperative,
essential,
indispensable,
prerequisite;
called for;
in demand,
in request.
urgent,
exigent,
pressing,
instant,
crying,
absorbing.
in want of;
destitute of
etc.
640.
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Roget 737a:
regal,
sovereign,
governing;
royal,
royalist;
monarchical,
kingly;
imperial,
imperiatorial†;
princely;
feudal;
aristocratic,
autocratic;
oligarchic
etc.
n.;
republican,
dynastic.
ruling
etc.
v.;
regnant,
gubernatorial;
imperious;
authoritative,
executive,
administrative,
clothed with authority,
official,
departmental,
ex officio,
imperative,
peremptory,
overruling,
absolute;
hegemonic,
hegemonical†;
authorized
etc.
(due)
924.
[pertaining to property owned by government]
government,
public;
national,
federal;
his majesty's [Brit.],
her majesty's;
state,
county,
city,
etc.
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Roget 739:
severe;
strict,
hard,
harsh,
dour,
rigid,
stiff,
stern,
rigorous,
uncompromising,
exacting,
exigent,
exigeant†,
inexorable,
inflexible,
obdurate,
austere,
hard-headed,
hard-nosed,
hard-shell [U.S.],
relentless,
Spartan,
Draconian,
stringent,
strait-laced,
searching,
unsparing,
iron-handed,
peremptory,
absolute,
positive,
arbitrary,
imperative;
coercive
etc.
744;
tyrannical,
extortionate,
grinding,
withering,
oppressive,
inquisitorial;
inclement
etc.
(ruthless)
914.1;
cruel
etc.
(malevolent)
907;
haughty,
arrogant
etc.
885;
precisian†.
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Roget 926:
obligatory,
binding;
imperative,
peremptory;
stringent
etc.
(severe)
739;
behooving
etc.
v.;
incumbent on,
chargeable on;
under obligation;
obliged by,
bound by,
tied by;
saddled with.
due to,
beholden to,
bound to,
indebted to;
tied down;
compromised
etc.
(promised)
768;
in duty bound.
amenable,
liable,
accountable,
responsible,
answerable.
right,
meet
etc.
(due)
924;
moral,
ethical,
casuistical,
conscientious,
ethological.
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2 imperative
Relating to verbs in the imperative mood.
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