noun🔗Share(grammar) 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."The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative."grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(grammar) A verb in imperative mood."The imperative, "Study hard," motivates students to succeed. "grammarlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn essential action, a must: something which is imperative."Visiting Berlin is an imperative."actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEssential; crucial; extremely important."It is imperative that you come here right now."valuemoralqualitysituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood."The teacher explained the imperative form of verbs, noting that it's used to give commands. "grammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving semantics that incorporates mutable variables."The spreadsheet program's imperative language allows users to easily change the values in the cells. "computingtechnicallanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareExpressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive."imperative orders"languagegrammarcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
