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im·per·a·tive    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (m-pr-tv)
adj.

1. Expressing a command or plea; peremptory: requests that grew more and more imperative.
2. Having the power or authority to command or control.
3. Grammar. Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.
4. Impossible to deter or evade; pressing: imperative needs. See Synonyms at urgent.

n.

1. 1. A command; an order.
   2. An obligation; a duty: social imperatives.
2. A rule, principle, or instinct that compels a certain behavior: a people driven to aggression by territorial imperatives.
3. Grammar.
   1. The imperative mood.
   2. A verb form of the imperative mood.

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[Middle English imperatif, relating to the imperative mood, from Old French, from Late Latin impertvus, from Latin impertus, past participle of imperre, to command. See emperor.]

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im·pera·tive·ly adv.
im·pera·tive·ness n.

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imperative

\Im*per"a*tive\, a. [L. imperativus, fr. imperare to command; pref. im- in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F. imp['e]ratif. See Perade, and cf. Empire.] 1. Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

The suit of kings are imperative. --Bp. Hall.

2. Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.

3. (Gram.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

imperative

\Im*per"a*tive\, n. (Gram.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

imperative

adj 1: requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative" [ant: beseeching] 2: (grammar) relating to verbs in the imperative mood n 1: a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior [syn: imperative mood, jussive mood] 2: some duty that is essential and urgent