IMPERATIVE
10 letters
17 Scrabble points
Definition of IMPERATIVE
noun
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(grammar) 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."
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(grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
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An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
"Visiting Berlin is an imperative."
Related words:
imperative mood
adjective
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Essential; crucial; extremely important.
"It is imperative that you come here right now."
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(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
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Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
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Length
10 letters
Scrabble Score
17 points