imperative

== English == === Alternative forms === imp., imper. (abbreviation, grammar) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/, [ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.ɾɪv] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeɹ.ə.tɪv/, [ɪmˈpeɹ.ə.ɾɪv] === Adjective === imperative (comparative more imperative, superlative most imperative) Essential; crucial; extremely important. (grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood. Hypernym: mandative (computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables. Antonym: functional Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === imperative (countable and uncountable, plural imperatives) (uncountable, 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. Synonym: imperative mood Coordinate terms: assertoric, interrogative (countable, grammar) A verb in the imperative mood. (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative. ==== Synonyms ==== required ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === “imperative”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Italian == === Adjective === imperative f pl feminine plural of imperativo === Anagrams === impervietà, riempivate == Latin == === Alternative forms === inperātīvē === Etymology === From imperātīvus (“commanded”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). === Adverb === imperātīvē (not comparable) In an imperative manner, imperatively. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “imperative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “imperative”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [imperaˈtive] === Noun === imperative n pl indefinite plural of imperativ