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English adjective: imperative | |||
| 1. | imperative requiring attention or action | ||
| Samples | As nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative. Requests that grew more and more imperative. | ||
| Similar | adjuratory, clamant, crying, desperate, exigent, insistent, instant, peremptory, pressing, shrill, strident, urgent | ||
| See also | assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive | ||
| Antonyms | beseeching, imploring, pleading | ||
| 2. | imperative relating to verbs in the imperative mood | ||
| Domain category | grammar | ||
English noun: imperative | |||
| 1. | imperative a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior | ||
| Synonyms | imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | modality, mode, mood | ||
| 2. | imperative (act) some duty that is essential and urgent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | duty, obligation, responsibility | ||
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