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imperative Adjective 1. extremely urgent; essential 2. commanding or authoritative: an imperative tone of voice 3. Grammar denoting a mood of verbs used in commands Noun Grammar the imperative mood [Latin imperare to command]
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imperative adjective urgent, essential, pressing, vital, crucial, compulsory, indispensable, obligatory, exigent << OPPOSITE unnecessary Translations imperative [ɪmˈpɛrətɪv] adj → nécessaire [+ need]; urgent(e) → pressant(e); [tone] → impérieux/euse n (Ling) → impératif m imperative [ɪmˈpɛrətɪv] adj → imperativo/a; necessario/a, urgente; [voice] → imperioso/a n (LING) → imperativo n / adj imperative [imˈperətiv] 1 used of verbs that are expressing a command In the sentence `Come here!', `come' is an imperative (verb). bevel, imperatief صيغَة الأمْر повелителен rozkazovací způsob bydemåde der Imperativ προστακτικός (γραμμ.) imperativo imperatiiv, käsk- امری imperatiivi impératif צִיווּי आदेश सूचक imperative felszólító (módú) imperatif boðháttur imperativo 命令形 (の) 명령형(의 동사); 명령형의 liepiamoji nuosaka pavēles- kata perintah gebiedende wijs (tryb) rozkazujący imperativo imperativ повелительный (глагол) rozkazovací spôsob imperativ imperativ; imperativisk ที่เป็นคำสั่ง emir kipi 祈使語气動詞 наказовий صیغئہ امر میں ادھر آؤ có tính chất mệnh lệnh 祈使语气动词 2 absolutely necessary It is imperative that we take immediate action to reduce pollution. noodsaaklik ضَروري بصورة مُطْلَقَه، حَتْمي задължителен naléhavý požadavek absolut nødvendigt das Muss, ein Imperativ επιτακτικός imperativo hädavajalik ضرورت impératif, urgent חִיוּנִי अनिवार्य nužnost sürgető, rendkívül fontos mutlak diperlukan necessario 絶対にしなければならない būtina kategorisks, absolūti nepieciešams sangat mustahak noodzakelijk tvingende nødvendig koniecznie настоятельный naliehavý, nevyhnutný nujno obavezan absolut nödvändig จำเป็น zorunlu, şart 必要的 категоричний, настійний بہت ضروری cấp bách 必要的 n In `Sit down!' the verb is in the imperative. imperatief صيغة فِعْل الأمْر заповед rozkazovací způsob imperativ; bydemåde das Imperativ προστακτική (γραμμ.) imperativo käskiv kõneviis وجه امری impératif צִיווּי आदेश, नियोग zapovjedni način felszólító mód imperatif imperativo 命令法 liepiamoji nuosaka imperatīvs, pavēles izteiksme kata perintah gebiedende wijs tryb rozkazujący императив rozkazovací spôsob velelnik imperativ imperativ การสั่ง zorunlu şart 祈使語气 наказовий спосіб, імператив فعل امر mệnh lệnh 祈使语气 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It became imperative to lance the flying whale, or be content to lose him. Her eyes flashed as on the day before, and he saw again the imperative expression on her face. And so, when Mister Haggin, or God, or call it what one will with the limitations of language, picked Jerry up with imperative abruptness, tucked him under his arm, and stepped into the whaleboat, whose black crew immediately bent to the oars, Jerry was instantly and nervously aware that the unusual had begun to happen. |
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