Imperative

English

Etymology

From Latin imperātīvus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/

Noun

Singular Imperative

Plural s

Imperative (s)

1. (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.

   The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.

2. (countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
3. (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

   Visiting Berlin is an imperative.

Synonyms

• (grammatical mood) imperative mood

Derived terms

• first imperative (Latin grammar)
• second imperative (Latin grammar)

Translations

imperative mood — see imperative mood

essential action

Dutch: must nl(nl) m. French: impératif fr(fr) m. German: Muss de(de) n. Icelandic: nauðsyn is(is) f.

Italian: imperativo it(it) m., necessario it(it) m. Latin: necessitas la(la) f., opus la(la) n. Turkish: emir tr(tr)

Adjective

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Positive Imperative

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1. essential

   It is imperative that you come here right now.

2. Template:Comptheory Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.

Translations

essential

Arabic: إجباري ar(ar) (igbaariyy) Czech: rozkazovací cs(cs) n. Dutch: noodzakelijk nl(nl) Finnish: välttämätön fi(fi) German: essenziell, essentiell, notwendig unverzichtbar, wesentlich Greek: επιτακτικός el(el) (epitaktikos)

Icelandic: mikilvægur m., mikilvæg f., mikilvægt n. Italian: imperativo m., necessario m., necessaria, f. Latin: necessus m., necessum n. Spanish: imperativo es(es) m. Turkish: zorunlu tr(tr), mecburi tr(tr)

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Italian

Adjective

imperative pl.

1. Feminine form of imperativo.

Anagrams

• aeeiimprtv,
• riempivate

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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)

1. In an imperative manner, imperatively.

Related terms

imperābiliter imperāns imperātīvus imperātōr

imperātōriē imperātōrius imperātrīx imperātum

imperātus imperiābiliter imperiālis imperiōsē

imperiōsus imperitō imperium imperō

References

• “Imperative” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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