English

Pronunciation
a|US IPA|/ɪm�p�ɹ.�.tɪv/

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable grammar The verbal mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same form as that of its second person ("you") present tense.

#: The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.

1. countable An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

#:Visiting Berlin is an imperative.

Translations
trans-top|verbal mood
Dutch: gebiedende wijs m
Faroese: boðsháttur m
Finnish: imperatiivi
French: impératif m
German: Imperativ m, Befehlsform f
Hungarian: felszólító mód, imperativusz
Icelandic: boðháttur m
Italian: imperativo m
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Japanese: Jpan|�令� (Jpan|������, meireih�)
Latin: imperativus m
Polish: imperatyw m
Russian: повели�ел�ное наклонение (povelítel'noje naklonénie) n
Slovene: velelnik m
Spanish: imperativo m
Swedish: imperativ n
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trans-top|essential action
Dutch: must m
French: impératif m
German: Muss n
Icelandic: nauðsyn f
Italian: imperativo m, necessario m
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Latin: necessitas f, opus n
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Adjective
en-adj

1. essential

#:It is imperative that you come here right now.

1. comptheory Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.

Translations
trans-top|essential
Dutch: noodzakelijk
Finnish: välttämätön
German: essenziell, essentiell, notwendig unverzichtbar, wesentlich
Icelandic: mikilvægur m, mikilvæg f, mikilvægt n
Italian: imperativo m, necessario m, necessaria, f
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Latin: necessus m, necessum n
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trans-top|computing
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Category:Grammar

Italian
Adjective
imperative p

1. feminine of|imperativo#Adjective|imperativo

Category:Italian adjective forms

cs:imperative
de:Imperativ
fa:imperative
fr:imperative
io:imperative
it:imperative
hu:imperative
pl:imperative
ru:imperative
fi:imperative
te:imperative
vi:imperative
tr:imperative
zh:imperative

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