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imperative definition
imperative |
Grep of noun imperative categorical imperative hypothetical imperative imperative imperative mood imperativeness Overview of noun imperative The noun imperative has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood -- (a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior) 2. imperative -- (some duty that is essential and urgent) Overview of adj imperative The adj imperative has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) imperative -- (requiring attention or action "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative") 2. imperative -- ((grammar) relating to verbs in the imperative mood) Antonyms of adj imperative 1 of 2 senses of imperative Sense 1 imperative (vs. beseeching) beseeching (vs. imperative) => adjuratory => appealing, imploring, importunate, pleading => mendicant => petitionary => precatory, precative => suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory Similarity of adj imperative 2 senses of imperative Sense 1 imperative (vs. beseeching) => adjuratory => clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant => commanding, peremptory => desperate => pressing, urgent Also See-> assertive#1 Sense 2 imperative Pertains to noun imperative mood (Sense 1) =>imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood => mood, mode, modality Attributes of adj imperative Familiarity of adj imperative imperative used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj imperative imperative Overview of noun imperative The noun imperative has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood -- (a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior) 2. imperative -- (some duty that is essential and urgent) Overview of adj imperative The adj imperative has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) imperative -- (requiring attention or action "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative") 2. imperative -- ((grammar) relating to verbs in the imperative mood)
imperative definition
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