imperative

imperative has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.
• a.. Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.
• a.. Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.
• n.. The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
• n.. some duty that is essential and urgent
• n.. a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
• a.. requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
• a.. relating to verbs in the imperative mood