What is another word for imperative?

Common synonyms for imperative include imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative form.

What is the plural of imperative?

The plural of imperative is imperatives.

imperative

/ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/noun, adjective4 syllables

Imperative means: requiring attention or action.

Synonyms for imperative20

noun, as in a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative form

noun, as in a verb in the imperative mood.

imperative verb

adjective, as in requiring attention or action

adjuratory, clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant, peremptory, desperate, pressing, urgent, strident, shrill, assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive

also used for imperative

required

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Opposites of imperative

beseeching

What does imperative mean?5

adjective

requiring attention or action“as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative”

relating to verbs in the imperative mood

noun

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

a verb in the imperative mood.

some duty that is essential and urgent

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with imperative?1

four syllables

comparative

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Imperative in a sentence

Macedonian has four verbal moods: indicative, conditional, imperative, and renarrative.Lepotdeterre
To learn a language, it is imperative to know the conjugation of verbs.AmarMecheri
It is imperative for you to act at once.Swift
It is imperative that you be on time as usual.unknown
It is imperative that we should encourage participatory forms of decision-making.unknown
It is imperative that we find another way out of this situation.CM
It's imperative that you follow the instructions carefully.patgfisher
Knowing how to conjugate verbs is imperative in order to learn a language.AmarMecheri

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Forms of imperative

as a noun

plural: imperatives