English-Spanish translations for imperative

• imperativo
  Se trata de hecho de un imperativo moral. This is in fact a moral imperative.
  No son una opción sino un imperativo. They are not an option but an imperative.
  El primer imperativo a respetar es la coherencia. The main imperative to respect is consistency.
• modo imperativo

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