Word Finder - imperative

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(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.

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

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(grammar) A verb in imperative mood.

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An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

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Visiting Berlin is an imperative.

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Essential; crucial; extremely important.

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It is imperative that you come here right now.

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(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.

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Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.

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Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.

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imperative orders

It's imperative to your success.

Water is imperative for survival.

It's imperative to restrict everything that makes his stomach upset.

It's imperative you see me at the earliest opportunity.

It was imperative that everyone understood the rules so that this would not happen again.

A thatched roof is imperative in the orthodox shrine, but in modern days tiles or sheets of copper are sometimes substituted.

It is therefore imperative to include all names of jointly liable people from the start.

It was imperative to maintain enough control to keep from hurting or biting her.

There is an ethical imperative not to destroy the wonderful diversity of life on Earth.

It was imperative to fill his place with a man of ability and influence.

This spiritual dimension addresses the imperative for compassion among all peoples.

His plans, probably not very definite, were disturbed by an imperative message from the queen, ordering him not to return to England without her permission.

It is imperative that cream destined for butter-making should be free from pathogenic organisms.

Still stronger was the feeling caused by his efforts to make the recital of the Athanasian Creed optional instead of imperative in the Anglican Church.

The word "be" is an imperative verb.

The nature of their actions makes it absolutely imperative that they fully cooperate.

An increase of sententious imperative clauses is also to be noted.

But his orders were imperative, and the 4th brigade was already moving off and had to be supported at any cost.

For her there was no categorical imperative, no moral code save to follow the promptings of her heart.

At this time it became imperative that satisfactory provision should be made for the succession to the Danish throne.

Consumerism is imperative to our culture's paradigm.

It became imperative to relate these numbers to the actual measurements.

It is imperative that the cooperation and goodwill of the profession be regained.

There is a military imperative to stabilizing Baghdad.

An imperative mood can give permission.

The popular indignation at such scandalous miscarriages of justice rendered a change in the composition of the courts imperative.

This pedagogical imperative includes the obligation to inquire into the consequences of one's work with students.

Yet however disagreeable such works seem from a modern point of view, it is imperative that they are not ignored.

In his system the doctrine of duty is the description of the method of the attainment of ethical ends, the conception of duty as an imperative, or obligation, being excluded, as we have seen.

Here good instruction is imperative at the outset.

The pre-eminence was not to be of rank and glory but of service and again made prominent though not yet supreme, and the metaphysical problems are so close at hand that their discussion is imperative.

The king, again, needed the precious metals, not merely for bounties and rewards, but for important enterprises in which money payment was imperative.

This revelation is distinguished into the law of the old covenant and the law of the gospel; the latter of these is productive as well as imperative since it carries with it the divine grace that makes its fulfilment possible.

Kant, like Price and Reid, holds that man as a rational being is unconditionally bound to conform to a certain rule of right, or " categorical imperative " of reason.

But the moral law must not be conceived under the form of an "imperative" or a "Sollen"; it differs from a law of nature only as being descriptive of the fact that it ranks the mind as conscious will, or zweckdenkend, above nature.

The teaching of Jesus even in this matter may be accounted for as either an accommodation to the views of those with whom he was dealing, or more probably as a proof of the limitation of knowledge which was a necessary condition of the Incarnation, for it cannot be contended that as revealer of God and redeemer of men it was imperative that he should either correct or confirm men's beliefs in this respect.

Howie was right about one thing; it's imperative we keep this matter to ourselves until we firm some decisions.

It is imperative that hydration is maintained in affected animals and that precautions are taken to prevent contagion of adjacent stock.

And international response to financial crises is an imperative to limit the contagion of panic and financial losses.

If you want to lose belly fat, it's imperative that you exercise on a regular basis.

For the navy, instant action was imperative.

For moderate spans brick, masonry or concrete can be used without excessive cost, but for longer spans steel is more economical, and for very long spans its use is imperative.

Clement realized the imperative necessity of conciliating the powers.

The verb has four tenses in the indicative, one in the subjunctive, and one in the imperative.

Our actions were testimony to our different personalities but it was imperative that we continue to work together if our operation was to survive.

The dry examination of a substance comprises several operations, which may yield definite results if no disturbing element isresent; but it is imperative that any in ference should be confirmed by other methods.

These hoarding practices are instinctual and usually imperative for an animal's survival.

It is imperative - for both your skin and overall wellbeing - to get at least eight hours of sleep every night.

Between Howie's bold pronouncement, and what seemed like attacks on all quarters, I knew strong decisions were imperative and I was the problem solver in residence.

The imperative need for the Security Council to carefully deliberate over decisions for the setting up of peace operations cannot be over-stated.