imperative

English

Etymology

From Latin imperātīvus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/

Adjective

imperative (comparative more imperative, superlative most imperative)

1. essential

   It is imperative that you come here right now.

2. (computing theory) Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
3. (grammar) of, or relating to the imperative mood

Translations

essential

• Arabic: إجباري (ar) (igbaariyy)
• Czech: rozkazovací (cs) n
• Dutch: noodzakelijk (nl)
• Finnish: käskevä (fi), välttämätön (fi), imperatiivinen (fi)
• French: impératif (fr), essentiel (fr), indispensable (fr)
• German: essenziell, essentiell, notwendig, unverzichtbar, wesentlich
• Greek: επιτακτικός (el) (epitaktikos)

• Icelandic: mikilvægur (is)
• Italian: imperativo m, necessario m, necessaria, f
• Latin: necessus, necessum
• Russian: обязательный (ru) (objazátelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: àithneach (gd)
• Spanish: imperativo (es) m
• Turkish: mecburi (tr), zorunlu (tr)

of, or relating to the imperative mood

• Russian: повелительный (ru) (povelítelʹnyj)

(computingimperative)

Noun

imperative (countable and uncountable; plural imperatives)

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)
• categorical imperative

Coordinate terms

• (in grammar): assertoric, interrogative

Translations

imperative mood — see imperative mood

essential action

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

• Italian: imperativo (it) m, necessario (it) m
• Latin: necessitas (la) f, opus (la) n
• Turkish: mecburiyet (tr), zorunluluk (tr)

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Italian

Adjective

imperative f pl

1. feminine plural of imperativo

Anagrams

• 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