English-Swedish translations for imperative

• imperativ ett
  Utvidgningen är ett moraliskt imperativ.Enlargement of the EU is a moral imperative.
  Nåväl, vid närmare beskådande är båda uppgifterna lika demokratiska imperativ.On closer inspection both tasks are important democratic imperatives.
  Det är ett moraliskt imperativ, och det måste vi leva upp till.That is a moral imperative, and we must fulfil it.

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