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   imperative

   /ɪmˈpɛrətɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. of vital importance; crucial: "immediate action was imperative" Similar vitally importantof vital importanceall-importantvitalcrucialcriticalessentialof the essencea matter of life and deathof great consequencenecessaryindispensableexigentpressingurgentrequiredcompulsorymandatoryobligatoryOpposite unimportantoptional
   • 2. giving an authoritative command; peremptory: "the bell pealed again, a final imperative call" Similar peremptorycommandingimperiousauthoritativemasterfullordlymagisterialautocraticdictatorialdomineeringoverbearingassertivefirminsistentbossyhigh-handedoverweeningOpposite submissive
   • ▪ denoting the mood of a verb that expresses a command or exhortation, as in come here!

   noun

   • 1. an essential or urgent thing: "free movement of labour was an economic imperative"
   • ▪ a factor or influence making something necessary: "the biological imperatives which guide male and female behaviour"
   • 2. a verb or phrase in the imperative mood.
   • ▪ the imperative mood.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a grammatical term): from late Latin imperativus (literally ‘specially ordered’, translating Greek prostatikē enklisis ‘imperative mood’), from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘make ready’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. imperatival adjective
   • 2. imperatively adverb
   • 3. imperativeness noun

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   Synonyms for IMPERATIVE: crucial, necessary, compulsory, important, mandatory, obligatory, required, urgent; Antonyms for IMPERATIVE: optional, unimportant, beseeching, unnecessary, voluntary, secondary, inessential, free.

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    imperative form. modality. Similar words for Imperative. Definition: adjective. ['ˌɪmˈpɛrətɪv'] requiring attention or action.