Other forms: imperatives
Imperative means so necessary that it cannot wait. It is imperative that, an imperative need, absolutely imperative.
It is stronger than important and more urgent than essential, and it is formal enough that using it marks the matter as serious. It is imperative that takes the subjunctive in careful writing — it is imperative that he be told. In grammar the imperative is the command form of a verb: go, stop, listen. Note that a moral imperative is an obligation you cannot argue away.
1adjectiveimperativeSo necessary that it cannot wait.
“It's imperative that you call an ambulance right away.”
2nouncommandThe command form of a verb.
“In the sentence "Close the door", the verb is in the imperative.”
imperative is a quality of urgency.
Latin
imperātīvus
English, today
imperative
Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Sharper Adjectives