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imperative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood |
| Type of | mood, modality, mode |
imperative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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imperative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Derivation | imperativeness |
as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative.
requests that grew more and more imperative.
imperative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | duty, responsibility, obligation |
Examples of imperative
imperative
Safety concerns made little notice imperative, county engineer Brian Stacy said.
From the thenewstribune.com
When roasting stuffed meat, it's imperative that the stuffing reach 165 degrees.
From the stltoday.com
It's a survival imperative when there are too many people for too few resources.
From the theatlantic.com
As for Northglenn, overcoming discouragement from 2007's 2-8 mark is imperative.
From the denverpost.com
Open dialogue with our communities is imperative to the success of our students.
From the sltrib.com
President Obama said greater cooperation is imperative throughout North America.
From the voanews.com
Choosing such a justice is not an embrace of lawlessness but a moral imperative.
From the washingtonpost.com
So perhaps we will turn back to fiscal stimulus under the politicial imperative.
From the economist.com
Proprieties among sovereign countries come second to the imperative of survival.
From the economist.com
- Imperative mood: a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
- Requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
- Relating to verbs in the imperative mood
- Some duty that is essential and urgent
- (imperatively) in an imperative and commanding manner
- (imperativeness) the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
- (imperativeness) the quality of being insistent; "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy"
- The imperative mood (abbreviated) expresses direct commands or requests as a grammatical mood. These commands or requests tell the audience to act a certain way. It also may signal a prohibition, permission, or any other kind of exhortation.
- In computer science, imperative programming is a programming paradigm that describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. ...
