English-Danish translations for imperative

• imperativ
  Udvidelsen er et moralsk imperativ. Enlargement of the EU is a moral imperative.
  Ved nærmere eftertanke er begge opgaver lige vigtige demokratiske imperativer. On closer inspection both tasks are important democratic imperatives.
  At udrydde fattigdommen er et moralsk imperativ, men det er også et spørgsmål, der hænger direkte sammen med vores fælles sikkerhed. Eradicating poverty is a moral imperative, but it is also an issue directly linked to our common security.

Definition of imperative

• Essential; crucial; extremely important
• Of, or relating to the imperative mood
• Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive
• The grammatical mood expressing an order . In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive
• A verb in imperative mood

Synonyms

• imperative mood

Examples

• It is imperative that you come here right now
• imperative orders
• The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative
• Visiting Berlin is an imperative

Related words

• imperatively
• imperative mood
• imperative language
• imperative programming
• categorical imperative
• present imperative
• it is imperative
• hypothetical imperative