Sekirov Dictionary

imperative

/ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/

adjective 4
noun 3
forms 3

adjective4

Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
•
Essential; crucial; extremely important.
- That you come here right now is imperative.
•
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
- imperative orders
Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.

noun3

•
An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
- Visiting Berlin is an imperative.
•
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 the imperative mood.

forms

imperatives · more imperative · most imperative

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