IMPERATIVE

10 letters 17 Scrabble points

Definition of IMPERATIVE

noun
  1. (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."

  2. (grammar) A verb in imperative mood.

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

    "Visiting Berlin is an imperative."

Related words: imperative mood
adjective
  1. Essential; crucial; extremely important.

    "It is imperative that you come here right now."

  2. (grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.

  3. Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters I M P E R A T I V E
Length 10 letters
Scrabble Score 17 points

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