<b><font size="4">"imperative"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative" [ant: <a href="../beseeching.html">beseeching</a>] </li> <li>relating to verbs in the imperative mood</li> </ol> <b>noun</b> <ol> <li>a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior [syn: <a href="/">imperative mood</a>, <a href="/">jussive mood</a>] </li> <li>some duty that is essential and urgent</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../imperative.html">http://www.word.sc/imperative</a>

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