Dictionary Entry
imperative
imperative is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.
- 2adjective
Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.
- 3adjective
Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.
- 4noun
The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
- 5noun
some duty that is essential and urgent
- 6noun
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
- 7adjective
requiring attention or action
"as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"
"requests that grew more and more imperative"
- 8adjective
relating to verbs in the imperative mood
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