Definitions for imperative

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imperative im·per·a·tive

Spelling: [im-per-uh-tiv]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɛr ə tɪv/

Imperative is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 463 anagrams from letters in imperative (aeeiimprtv).

Definitions for imperative

noun

1. a command.
2. something that demands attention or action; an unavoidable obligation or requirement; necessity:
3. Grammar. the imperative mood. a verb in this mood.
4. an obligatory statement, principle, or the like.

adjective

1. absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable:
2. of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding.
3. Grammar. noting or pertaining to the mood of the verb used in commands, requests, etc., as in Listen! Go! Compare indicative (def 2), subjunctive (def 1).

Origin of imperative

1520-30; Late Latin imperātivus, equivalent to Latin imperāt(us) past participle of imperāre to impose, order, command (im- im-¹

Examples for imperative

We both agreed that evacuation of the Hagen was imperative; but then, how to get out?

Many lessons and commentaries are in the imperative voice, but not all.

Then, with a sudden, imperative gesture, she half turned towards him.

But when he would have followed her, Dilly laid a light but imperative hand on his arm.

From all of which I have drawn one main inference—the imperative urgency of Trust.

Incorvaia warned that talking “about a situation that the older generation brushes under the table” was imperative for Italians.

Roland was lingering unwillingly, detained by Burnham's imperative hand.

None of it has lessened my belief in Zionism or the imperative of Israel as a home and sanctuary for Jews.

And that very same Roosevelt no doubt still believed it was imperative for us to make America “fairly radical for a generation.”

For Reid, the imperative has to be confirming as many of the 34 district court nominees that are in the pipeline as possible.