Essential; crucial; extremely important.
That you come here right now is imperative.
Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
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.
Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
Select a language to see translations
A verb in the imperative mood.
An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
Visiting Berlin is an imperative.