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imperative

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/

The English word “imperative” has 7 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A verb in the imperative mood.
  3. An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.

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