imperative

Meaning

Adj

1. Essential; crucial; extremely important.
2. Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
3. Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
4. Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.

Noun

1. (uncountable) 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.
2. (countable) A verb in the imperative mood.
3. (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

Opposite of

functional

Synonyms

urgent

‼️

necessary

peremptory

imperative mood

indispensable

commanding

command

mandatory

dictate

necessity

jussive mood

compulsory

needful

obligatory

imperative form

order

emergent

essential

requisite

authoritative

emergency

fervent

fiat

force

forced

forcible

imperativeness

imperious

important

indispensableness

injunction

insistent

instruction

interdict

interdiction

jussive

law

apodeictic

mandate

masterful

must

need

ordinance

prescription

required

restrictiveness

summons

tight

trouble

ultimatum

Translations

impératif

imperativo

imperativo

Imperativ

imperativo

imperatiu

Befehlsform

modo imperativo

επιτακτικός

imperatief

gebiedende wijs

emir kipi

necessario

zorunlu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.