IMPERATIVE
imperative
Noun
- 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.
- The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.
- A verb in imperative mood.
- An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
- Visiting Berlin is an imperative.
Adjective
- essential
- It is imperative that you come here right now.
- Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
- of, or relating to the imperative mood
- Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
- imperative orders
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