adj. 1. Expressing a command or plea; peremptory: requests that grew more and more imperative.

imperativeness , insistence , insistency , instancy urgently demanding attention; 'the insistence of their hunger'; 'he pressed his demand with

noun: the state of urgently demanding notice or attention

... denoting the mood of a verb that expresses a command or exhortation, as in come here! • noun an essential or urgent thing. — DERIVATIVES imperatively adverb imperativeness noun.

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adjective . 1. absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.

An imperative sentence gives an instruction to be obeyed, and is often followed by an exclamation mark, as in ‘Stand! Now turn to the right.’ The subject word is not usually ...

Definition of imperativeness from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... 1 a:  of, relating to, or ...

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The noun imperativeness has 2 meanings: Meaning #1 : the state of

imperative: see mood mood or mode, in verb inflection , the forms of a verb that indicate its manner of doing or being. In English the forms are called indicative (for direct ...